While the government’s attention was turned yesterday to NATO In The Hague, the Tripoli government in Libya took another step that could be perceived as a “message” in Athens. And this is because the agreement of the exploitation of four of its land “Libyan EEZ»At the base of the illegal turquoise With Turkey’s state -owned oil company, it has “alerted” the Greek government to determine if the paper He constitutes a violation of Greek sovereign rights.
THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis He departed for Brussels, where he will today participate in the EU Summit, while George Gerapetritis He was going to Paris. In Athens, Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou undertook to find out exactly what the Libyans were doing.
Based on the reading of the map that was “playing” and as a background behind the signatures of the Tripoli government with TRAOS, the government estimates that the beginning of the middle line has been followed. Competent sources emphasize that Egypt is expected to have a bigger problem with this map. It is evident, however,, according to a higher diplomatic source, that Greece’s agreement with Chevron on plots south of Crete activated the Turkish reflexes and the consequent Libyan.
In the conclusions of today’s Conference who also has a number of other issues on the agenda (Middle East, Ukraine, Defense, Migration, etc.), Mr Mitsotakis is expected to request that they be included again in the conclusions of the same as decided in 2019 for the Turkish Memorandum, that is to say. “I find it important that this repetition will be completely clear towards Libya at this time,” Mr Mitsotakis said yesterday at the Hague press conference.
In addition, the prime minister will raise the session and the issue of the intensity of Libya’s migratory flows, and had contact with the Commission’s president. Ursula von der Layenas protothema.gr revealed a few days ago. The government has already decided to send two frigates off Libya, in the form of flow of flows, while George Gerapetritis is trying to “lock” an appointment to the country for early July. As long as Libya (and the Happy side) is stepping up its “game” with Turkey, the environment for a foreign minister’s visit becomes more difficult.
Giavas-Yavas for a Greek-Turkish appointment
Developments on the front with Libya, however, are “burdened” by the discussion environment with Turkey. Mr. Mitsotakis had a brief conversation with him yesterday Tayyip Erdoganon the sidelines of the NATO Summit, with himself meaning “we raised the issues we had to raise”.
In this environment, a date is expected for the Supreme Cooperation Council, which goes a month further. Diplomatic sources estimated that it could be done in early July, but this scenario seems utopian now. Greek -Turkishtherefore, the top appointments are unlikely to have a promotional agenda. In this light, Mr Mitsotakis and Erdogan choose to maintain a “regularity” of short, regular contacts, away from tensions on the field, but without the Greek government having illusions about the wider geopolitical scene.
It should be noted, NATO’s next meeting will be held next year in Turkey, with a neighbor seeking all means re -entering the western equipment.