Lebanon and Cyprus have signed a deal to demarcate their maritime border, ending a deadlock that had persisted for nearly two decades.
The agreement was announced during a visit by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to meet Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Baabda.
The two Eastern Mediterranean countries had reached a draft agreement over their maritime boundaries in 2007, but it was held up in the Lebanese parliament for years and only ratified by the government last month.
Mr Christod
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