Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)

Greece and Egypt are discussing extending their exclusive economic zone east toward Cyprus after eastern Libya's parliament ratified a maritime agreement with Turkey earlier this week, according to Al-Monitor, which carried a Reuters report citing Greece's foreign minister^1,2.

The same dispatch said Greece, Egypt and Cyprus have long opposed the Turkey-Libya maritime accord, arguing it cuts across their own claims in the eastern Mediterranean^1,2.

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on X that any extension of the Greece-Egypt agreement would follow international law and the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the report said^1,2.

Gerapetritis and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also restated opposition to eastern Libya's ratification of the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum, according to the same account^1,2. Greece and Egypt signed an EEZ delimitation agreement in 2020^1,2. No other outlet had independently confirmed the talks at the time of writing^1,2.

Sources

1. (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)Greece, Egypt in talks to extend maritime zone further eastOct 22, 11:47 AM
2. ReutersGreece, Egypt in talks to extend maritime zone further eastOct 22, 11:50 AM

Read the original at Al-Monitor ↗