(Reuters) – Amos Hochstein, the U.S. envoy who negotiated a maritime deal between Lebanon and Israel, said on Thursday he expects the agreement to hold even amid changes in leadership in both countries.
Hochstein referred to both upcoming elections in Israel on Nov. 1 and the end of Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s term on Oct. 31, saying the agreement should be kept up “regardless of who is elected very soon as next president of Lebanon.”
(Reporting by Maya Gebeily; editing by John Stonestreet)
