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  1. Athens strives to build opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as France pledges support in East Med
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    activities in Libya and the broader Eastern Mediterranean. With this in mind, Foreign Minister Nikos... stance regarding the situation in Libya. On the one hand, Greece supports a political solution..., as a neighbouring country of Libya directly affected by developments there, and as a factor for stability

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  2. Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
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    to contest and challenge in practical terms Greek sovereign rights via the Libya-Turkey memorandum. Commenting on the attitude of Turkey and the memorandum with Libya, Mitsotakis announced the intention of Greece to approach Libya on a number of issues, including the beginning of talks

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  3. Migration opens new front for government after Libya snub

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    at the border of Libya where it had arrived for talks on managing Mediterranean boat crossings. Plevris was part... managing migration flows to Europe from the breakaway region of eastern Libya. Scheduled talks... Libya stem the flows to ease pressure on the island of Crete, which has seen a steep increase

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  4. Greek-Turkish enmity to continue as polls loom, sea borders come into play
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    neighbouring countries, including Albania and Libya. But timing is everything, they note. The same... and/or the Aegean. Just 24 hours into 2023, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar decided to point... as Turkey having problems with NATO, the United States and the European Union. Akar also stated that Greece

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  5. Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
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    , in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite

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  6. Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void

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    Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... to the agreement Turkey made with the Libyans. Ambassador expelled Athens has decided to expel Libya’s... Libya and Turkey. Mohamed Younis AB Menfi had 72 hours to leave the country, Greek Foreign Minister

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  7. Athens prepares for Blinken visit, hopeful of Libya shifting position
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    that will be formed following elections in Libya. This was set out in a Note Verbale that the Greek Foreign Ministry lodged to the Embassy of Libya in Athens last week, with which it refuted..., according to a report by the Libya Review, which was confirmed by Greek sources, the Tripoli Administrative

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  8. Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
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    with Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...’s active presence in Libya. For the same reasons, they were also opposing the 2019 Turkish-Libyan

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  9. Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy

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    The two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move

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  10. Turkey looms large in 2022 foreign policy agenda, which includes Balkans, US and Russia
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    with illegal agreements (i.e Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum) that stand against the International..., with the latest warning coming from Turkey’s Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar. Prime Minister Kyriakos... Mediterranean. In response, though, Akar warned Greece on Saturday to refrain from testing Turkey’s

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