From AFP via Pakistan's Business Recorder:
CAIRO: Egypt and Greece signed an agreement Thursday to set up an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean amid regional tensions over energy resources in the area. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced the deal, which delineates the maritime borders of both countries, at a Cairo news conference alongside his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.*"Turkey warns Libya's Haftar of military escalation"
It comes after Turkey last year signed a deal with the UN-recognised government in Libya on maritime jurisdiction, with several countries accusing Ankara of trying to assert its dominance in the region. The deal "allows Egypt and Greece to move forward in maximising the benefits of the available resources in the exclusive economic zone for each of them, especially oil and gas reserves," Shoukry said.
Dendias described it as "historic". "This agreement is the exact opposite of anything illegitimate like what was signed between Turkey and Tripoli," he added. Turkey reacted angrily to the deal inked in Cairo.
The "so-called maritime deal" signed by Greece and Egypt is "null and void," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement. "The so-called delimited areas are part of Turkey's continental shelf," it said, adding that Ankara would "not allow any activity in those areas".
Egypt, Cyprus and Greece have denounced a contentious deal, including a security agreement, signed last year between Ankara and the embattled Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA). Greece said at the time that it ignored the maritime boundaries of Crete. Ankara backs the Tripoli-based GNA in its battle against eastern-based Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who last year launched an offensive to seize the capital.
What the hell is Turkey doing in Libya?
I seem to recall something about "We came, We saw, He died"
And a U.S. Predator drone hitting Gaddafi's escaping convoy and then the French Air Force came screaming in.
And then the British SAS-advised NTC rebels caught Gaddafi and sodomized him with a bayonet and Leading from Behind jokes made the rounds in D.C. and David Cameron joined the Council on Foreign Relations and tried to raise a $1 billion Uk-China fund but proved he's no Tony Blair in the money game but
What the hell is Turkey doing in Libya?
From Deutsche-Welle, May 10:...
