Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkey’s state energy firm TPAO to explore four offshore zones.
The agreement, signed in Istanbul, outlines plans for a two-dimensional seismic survey covering 10,000 km and data processing within nine months.
Greece swiftly reiterated its opposition. Speaking at a press conference after the NATO Summit in The Hague, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the Turkey-Libya maritime MoU as “unacceptable, illegal, and baseless,” insisting it holds “no legal effect.”
Athens disputes the legitimacy of the maritime claims, as the agreement disregards the Greek island of Crete, allocating the surrounding waters largely to Libya and partially to Turkey.
Greece plans to raise the issue again during the European Council Summit starting Thursday in Brussels.
Mitsotakis also held a brief discussion with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit, noting that “the issues that needed to be raised” were addressed.
Source: Ekathimerini
