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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance The Greek government is continuing its diplomatic efforts to drum up opposition to the Maritime Jurisdictions Memorandum that Turkey signed last November with the UN-backed government in Libya.
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Athens steps up diplomatic efforts amid ongoing friction with Ankara Greece is trying to expand its diplomatic activity in the wake of its latest spat with Turkey as relations with Ankara remain the number one foreign policy issue for Athens.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate Foreign policy issues have been dominating the domestic political agenda in Greece over the past few days, although the government has tried to shift focus back to internal matters via its law and order agenda.
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Athens moves on after Berlin Conference absence, seeks more active role in Libya developments In Greece’s absence, the Berlin Conference ended on Sunday with an agreement among all the participants to respect a much-violated arms embargo, to hold off on military support to the warring parties and push them to reach a full ceasefire.
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns Athens has been left to watch from afar the latest international diplomatic initiatives aimed at bringing an end to the longstanding conflict in Libya.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey The government appears satisfied with the result of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s first diplomatic tour in the US even though the Greek side did not elicit from the US president a public denouncement of Turkey's actions in the Eastern Mediterranean that Athens views as breaches of its sovereign rights.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge Greece, Israel and Cyprus signed on Thursday a historic agreement for the construction of the EastMed pipeline, bolstering their tripartite alliance and shaking things up in terms of the geopolitical implications for the region.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing Recent developments mean that it is clear the first months of 2020 will be challenging for Greek-Turkish relations.
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PoliticsForeign Policy Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey Athens appears satisfied with the stance taken by the European Union in support of Greek positions on the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences Diplomatic issues are expected to continue to be at the top of the government’s agenda this week after it wrapped up on Friday the latest tax legislation and announced the details of this year’s social dividend.