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Lebanon urges US envoy to end maritime dispute with Israel

CORRECTS TO SAY CALLED TO RESUME INDIRECT TALKS NOT RESUMED TALKS - U.N. peacekeeping vehicles pass a Hezbollah flag and a statue of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, as they patrol on a road along the Lebanese-Israeli border town of Naqoura, while Lebanon and Israel are being called to resume indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, south Lebanon, Monday, June 6, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) CORRECTS TO SAY CALLED TO RESUME INDIRECT TALKS NOT RESUMED TALKS - An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, while Lebanon and Israel are being called to resume indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, off the southern town of Naqoura, Monday, June 6, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Marshall Islands-flagged Energean Power floating production storage and offloading vessel in the Karish Field area of the Mediterranean Sea Sunday, June 5, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday, June 6, 2022, a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. On Sunday, Lebanon warned Israel not to start drilling in the Karish field and President Michel Aoun said maritime border negotiations have not ended, adding that any move by Israel will be considered "a provocation and hostile act." (Planet Labs PBC via AP) A United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeper soldier takes pictures of his comrades, along the Lebanese-Israeli border near the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Monday, June 6, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) A United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping force vehicle patrols in the southern coastal border Lebanese-Israeli town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Monday, June 6, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) French U.N. peacekeepers walk on a road that leads to a United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon position, in the southern coastal border Lebanese-Israeli town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Monday, June 6, 2022. The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) FILE - A UNIFIL Navy ship patrols in the Mediterranean Sea next to a base of the U.N. peacekeeping force, while Lebanon and Israel resumed indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, off the southern town of Naqoura, Lebanon, May 4, 2021. On Monday, June 6, 2022, the Lebanese government invited Amos Hochstein, a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel, to return to Beirut to conclude an agreement as soon as possible amid rising tensions along the border. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) FILE - In this photo released by Lebanese government, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with U.S. Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, left, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 9, 2022. On Monday, June 6, 2022, the Lebanese government invited Hochstein, a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut to conclude an agreement as soon as possible amid rising tensions along the border. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP, File)