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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week.... It should be noted that Turkey and Libya are not bordering countries and, most importantly, Egypt
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Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyand that any tension will remain on the verbal and symbolic level, even if it involves the military....” "In a country where justice does not work properly and courts operate under the Sultan's order
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign PolicyJurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya... signed by Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf is unacceptable, infringes... on the issue of Libya. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas confirmed on Tuesday press reports that Greece
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Athens ups diplomatic effort as Turkey plans hydrocarbon research in Greek continental shelf
PoliticsForeign Policyon the memorandum signed with the UN-recognised government in Libya’s Tripoli (GNA). Athens has also asked from... that Ankara has demarcated from its shores to the point where its sea borders meet Libya, based... Ankara for the sake of either the EU-Turkey deal on migration, or developments related to Libya
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Trump win emboldens Mitsotakis critics as Athens ponders implications of surprise result
PoliticsGreek Politics, a move which his opponents have condemned as a call for disorder. Reports of a verbal confrontation... that they are using underhand tactics to block his allies from attending the congress. On Wednesday
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... announcement said that talks centred on the situation in Libya and prospects of ending the civil
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Greece, Turkey launch new round of talks as Libya sea deal casts shadow
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is due in Brussels on Monday to attend the General Affairs Council which will focus, among other things, on the ongoing developments in Libya. According to media... in Libya on November 29, 2019. The inclusion of the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN's database
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan keep distance at UN as summer moratorium draws to close
PoliticsForeign Policyalready. The informal verbal agreement between the two sides to abstain from “provocations... on the issue of Libya which will take place on the sidelines of the UN Assembly under the initiative of Italy...” by its agreement with Libya. Greece says that its agreement with Egypt annuls the Turkey-Libya
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Athens steps up diplomatic efforts amid ongoing friction with Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policythis tension and move away from the intense verbal exchanges with Ankara mainly around the issue of the two MoUs signed between Turkey and the UN-backed government in Libya. Greek diplomats... to Ankara's actions in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has also focussed its efforts
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek Politicsfollowing the murder of a teenager by a policeman in December 2008. Mitsotakis did not vote... for the former conservative interior minister to become president in 2015, even though New Democracy
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