On 4 June, Middle East Eye published an exclusive report titled ‘Greece to lobby Egypt against Haftar endorsing Turkey-Libya maritime deal’. Quoting regional officials with knowledge of the matter, the report reveals that Greece is expected to ask Egypt to intervene in order to dissuade General Khalifa Haftar’s government in eastern Libya from ratifying a 2019 maritime agreement with Turkey, which had ignored Greece’s claims to exclusive economic zones. But while such deal would be a major boost for Ankara’s bid to assert itself as the dominant maritime power in the region, the report argues, it could reawaken maritime tensions in the region which saw Greece and Turkey edge close to conflict in the summer of 2020.
Read the full report here.