Ankara is trying to “fabricate a reality around something that is illegal” and is “ignoring the international context,” Greek government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said on Tuesday, a day after Turkey signed a preliminary agreement with Libya for oil and natural gas exploration on Libyan soil and in the country’s maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt has challenged the legitimacy of the Libyan outgoing government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on signing energy memoranda of understanding with Turkey.
Five people were arrested on a Greek island Tuesday and charged with trying to smuggle nearly a hundred migrants into Europe on an unsafe vessel last week, using what appears to be a new direct sea route from crisis-afflicted Lebanon to Italy, Associated Press reported.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias renewed his country’s criticism of the maritime deal signed with Libya, under the government of former Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, and Turkey in 2019.
Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Advisor on Libya, met on Tuesday with Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Rome for discussion regarding the Libyan situation.
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Libyan First Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Qatrani discussed with the Greek Ambassador to Libya Ioannis Stamatikos the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Libya and Greece on Saturday discussed launching direct flights between them and other means to boost bilateral ties.
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At least 16 people are dead, among them an infant, after a boat carrying migrants capsized Friday near the Greek island of Paros – the third deadly incident requiring search-and-rescue operations this week, Greece’s coastguard reported, along a crucial corridor for refugees seeking to enter Europe, according to Washington Post.
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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias stressed, during their meeting in Rome, the urgent need for the withdrawal of all foreign fighters from Libya.
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Libya Health Minister, Ali al-Zanati, discussed with the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, Kostas Frangogiannis, and a number of Greek businessmen relations of cooperation and partnership in health sector between the two countries.
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