Libyan government defines now maritime zones with Greece

Consultations on defining maritime zones between Greece and Libya, launched by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias after contacts and a meeting with the President of the Libyan Parliament, took place with renewed vigor.

The creation of a committee to determine maritime zones between Libya and Greece was announced by the speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh Issa.

The eventual agreement will be in direct competition with the agreement made with Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood Government of National Accords based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and are at war with the Libyan Parliament.

For Greece, of course, the drafting of maritime zones with the Libyan parliament could be decisive in the dispute with Turkey and give the necessary impetus for a corresponding agreement with Egypt, where differences – for the time being – remain large and intractable. However, a possible determination of the Exclusive Economic Zone with Libya could set a sufficient precedent for resisting Turkey’s attempts to steal Greek maritime space as stipulated in the agreement it made with the Muslim Brotherhood government in Tripoli. More in Greek city times.

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