Strict message to Tripoli is sent by Athens, after verbal her Libya toward UNwith which The National Unity Government attempts to challenge the Greek EEZ delimitation in south of Cretebased on the invalid Turkolibyan memorandum.
According to diplomatic sources“Greece rejects any action or action based on invalid and non -existent agreements, without any basis in international sea law.” As they point out, “there will be a formal response to the UN” that will reject the content of the renovation, reiterating our country’s absolute opposition to the Turkish Memorandum, which grossly violates international legitimacy.
Libya, with the verbal decoration of June 20, 2025, characterizes the Greek call for land south of Crete as a “clear violation of its sovereign rights” and “unilateral measure without legal basis”. However, for the first time she reflects her claims in an official document, presenting maps based on the degradation of the illegal memorandum with the Turkey – A engraving that essentially eliminates the Greek EEZ.
The maps in question, attached to the diarrhea, reach the point of nullifying the influence of even Crete, fully ignoring international law. Tripoli characterizes the controversial areas of “Libyan Sea Zones”, although she accepts that there is a “unresolved difference” with Greece for the EEZ delimitation.
Athens’s response is clear: “No reaction will discourage the Greek government from exercising, with responsibility and in practice, the sovereign rights of the country,” the same sources emphasize. They also recall that Greece has repeatedly expressed its intention to dialogue with Libya, based on sea law, when conditions allow.
Reportedly, the mission of the Declaration from Libya to the UN was foreseen by Athens. The Libyan side seeks to secure its positions internationally, reacting to the activation of land by Greece, which are already involved in international energy giants.
As he notes, the Libyan government is using the rhetoric of “open dialogue”, while insisting on the claims arising from the illegal memorandum. The Greek side, maintaining diplomatic calmness, will insist on the need for technical talks on the delimitation, with the aim of final resolved by the Hague International Court of Justice – a procedure that can only cancel de facto turquoise.
Inside, the reactions of opposition parties move in different tones. PASOK-KINAL has called on the government “not to abstain from the exercise of sovereign rights” and to prevent any new challenge. SYRIZA accused the government of “a deficit of a clear, coherent national strategy”, while the KKE stressed that the development “exposes ND’s foreign policy”. For its part, the Greek solution spoke of a “threat to national sovereignty”.
Athens is expected to submit its official response to the UN in the coming days, probably accompanied by corresponding maps and legal arguments relying solely on international sea law. In any case, the Greek Foreign Minister states that it will not tolerate and continue the exercise of its rights in every area of Greek jurisdiction.