Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday reiterated criticism of last month’s deal between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli government on energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.
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The United Nations has concerns over the tensions between Greece and Turkey in light of the latter’s deal with Libya on the Mediterranean borders, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq told reporters during briefing on Tuesday.
Dialogue between Egypt and Turkey has stopped because the latter showed no signs in changing its policies about Libya, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday.
A Turkish military aircraft conducted surveillance mission over the central Mediterranean today in the afternoon, reports Itamilradar website, which is specialized in monitoring military aircrafts.
The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in his capacity as Defence Minister, signed two military cooperation agreements with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
The prime ministers of the two rival governments of Libya have both arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, Italian news agency Nova reports.
Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs of the Dbeibeh’s outgoing government, Walid al-Lafi, who is accused of supporting extremist groups in Libya through media, headed a delegation participating in a conference against Islamophobia held in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias briefed his European counterparts on the agreement between Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity on the exploitation of maritime zones and their resources during A meeting the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday.
Turkey anticipates to open its consulate in Benghazi on December 24 if authorities in eastern Libya provides the conditions for that, Turkish ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz told the press on Sunday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity offered its condolences to Turkey on the victims of the coal mine explosion in the north of the country, which killed about 40 people.