Her answer to her letter Libya toward UN, of May 27, where its claims were recorded against Greece on the basis of Turquoise And which also included a map with these claims, Greece delivered to September 3 to UN.
The extensive Greek letter includes answers to all Libyan allegations, rejecting the Turkolibyy Memorandum from the outset, and records the Greek positions on the issues raised by Libya: For the two plots southwest and west of Crete, for him maritime spatial planning, but even for her legitimacy Greek -Egyptian and the decision to delineate the EEZ In the Ionian.
This text could also form the basis of Greek positions in a future negotiation with Libya, and it is of particular importance to record Greek positions and arguments, as on Wednesday the Libyan Temporary Foreign Minister will be in Athens, where, among other things, the Greek side will push for the appointment of the timeframe. EEZ delimitation.
The Memorandum “ignores the maritime rights of the Greek islands”
The Greek letter rejects Libya’s allegations of the Turkish Memorandum, noting, inter alia, that the Libya and the Turkey They do not have a common maritime borders due to the existence of the Greek islands. The Memorandum “ignores the maritime rights of the Greek islands and attempts to alter geography in the eastern Mediterranean”. Concerning the allegations of the Hellenic Egyptian Agreement, the letter stresses that this agreement was “concluded between states with relevant coasts and in full compliance with the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”.
Athens fully rejects Libya’s claims that plots west and southwest of Crete, as well as marine spatial planning, violate Libya rights. Special reference is made to the limits set with the Greek Egyptian and the Greek -Italian agreement, but also to Law 4001/2011, which provides as an external limit of Greek EEZ the equal distance (midline), until there is a bilateral agreement.
For the midline
About viewing by Libya of the position that the demarcation must be in the midline “between the main coasts of Libya and Greece”, a position referring to the consistent Turkish arguments on midline only between “continental coasts”, the Greek answer is categorical, stressing that:
“According to Article 121 of the Convention, which reflects customary international law, all Greek islands have marine zones in the same way as any other land territory. Consequently, every midline between Greece and Libya must be drawn by reference to base points in the relatively Greek islands. “
To draw the external boundaries of Libyan EEZ
Athens in total challenges the engraving of Outdoor Limits of Libyan EEZ, As deposited with the UN on May 27, noting that controversial base lines were used, as well as the “closure” of the Gulf of Sirta, which is illegal. In addition, the east side of the map submitted by Libya coincides with the illegal “delimitation” of the Turkish -tired Memorandum, while elsewhere on the map the rights of the Greek islands are fully disputed. It is recalled that Greece has already reacted, describing both the fishing zone and the border zone declared by Libya.