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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Russia sanctions, regional diplomacy dominate Tsipras visit to Ukraine
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    as the ongoing sanctions and the embargo of the European Union against Russia has damaged the country’s trade and economic relations with Moscow. Greece’s economy has suffered from the embargo on food... diplomatic sources. Despite the EU embargo against Russia, however, Athens’ relations with Moscow

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Cyprus talks resume, putting spotlight on Greece and Turkey amid tension
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    Cavusoglu said “there is no change in our policy regarding the Imia (Kardak) islets. Imia are Turkish

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  9. Aegean tension presents Tsipras with urgent domestic, foreign policy challenges
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    to the disputes related to sovereignty,” said the Turkish Foreign Ministry. “The Kardak Rocks

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  10. Turkey continues Aegean jostling as Athens sends envoy to Syria, renews backing for Western Balkans
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    . You remember the Kardak (Imia) crisis. Nothing happened this year, but every year there is one

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