The Lebanese government on Sunday denied media reports about an agreement to be supplied with gas from Israel.
Israeli media earlier reported Israel will provide gas to Lebanon from the offshore Leviathan field through Jordan under an agreement with the United States.
Israeli Channel 12 said that the Israeli gas will be transferred from Jordan to Syria and onto Lebanon.
In a statement, the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water described the Israeli media report as “totally and completely untrue”.
“The gas supply agreement that is being worked on between the Lebanese government and the sisterly Egyptian government clearly and explicitly stipulates that the gas should come from Egypt,” the ministry said.
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