Commencement of bilateral talks to delimitate maritime zones between Greece and
Commencement of bilateral talks to delimitate maritime zones between Greece and Libya and the government’s intent to purchase a four French-made frigate were the key points in Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ weekly message on Facebook, which was posted on Sunday.
The Greek leader’s post began with a reference to an agreement between Athens with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) to start talks on the sensitive issue of finally drawing maritime zones between the two countries – which face each other across the east Mediterranean.
The development essentially negates, in theory, a controversial 2019 agreement between Turkey and the GNU – the rival to the east Libya regime headed by Gen. Khalifa Haftar – to divide up the east-central part of the Mediterranean by “erasing” all Greek island territory, including the large island of Crete.
“We still have a long way to go before reaching an agreement, but this is a positive development for Greece, in relation to our neighboring country. The path to wider regional stability lies in agreements between genuine neighbors, based on international law, rather than arbitrary and baseless memoranda (the 2019 agreement). The start of the delimitation process with Libya comes just 24
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