Libia, firma del tacchino MOU sulle aree offshore, Atene ribadisce il rifiuto

> Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish state oil company TPAO to conduct a geological and geophysical study of four offshore areas, NOC said on Wednesday.

> “Discussions were also held regarding conducting a two-dimensional seismic survey (10,000 km long), and processing the data resulting from these surveys within a period not exceeding 9 months,” Libya’s state oil firm said in a statement.

> NOC said the agreement was signed in Istanbul by the two companies’ executives. It provided no further details.

> Also on Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated that the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum is “unacceptable, illegal, and baseless,” stressing once again that it carries no legal effect. He made the remarks during a press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague.

> Athens maintains this position largely because the Turkish-Libyan agreement overlooks the presence of Crete, with Turkish and Libyan maps assigning most of the maritime area south of the Greek island to Libya and a smaller portion to Turkey.

> Greece will again push for its stance to be included in the conclusions of the upcoming European Council Summit, which begins Thursday in Brussels.

> Mitsotakis also held brief talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit, stating that “the issues that needed to be raised” were discussed. [Reuters, Kathimerini]

Now both sides in Libyan Civil War supports Turkey’s position. This is Greece’s failure rather than Turkey’s success.

Greece once again protesting about international law violation but doing nothing to impose that law. Both internally and externally, there is little law enforcement in greece

Woah without consulting the neighbors Turkey decided to get more water territory, that’s such aggressive behavior

Oh wait that’s literally what Greece did 2 years ago and everyone was silent