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  1. Newsletter 131 -15/09/2017

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    Post-Macron positivity runs out Tsipras struggles to keep upbeat message going as trouble at home prevails The government had been hoping this week to bask in the glory of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s appe...

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  2. Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
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    actions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia

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  3. Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
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    or unilaterally introduce measures that would have a negative fiscal impact. The last stipulation

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  4. PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls

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    and there is no such stipulation in most European Union countries. The amendment, which is due to be put to a vote

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  5. Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
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    as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s

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  6. Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact

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    Gerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis

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  7. Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
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    on the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments

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  8. After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge

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    memoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted

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  9. 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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  10. A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
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    countries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from

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