Egypt and Greece on Sunday said a deal allowing Turkish hydrocarbon exploration in Libya's Mediterranean waters was "illegal" as Athens said it would oppose it by all "legal means". The deal follows an agreement Turkey signed three years ago with Tripoli that demarcated the countries' shared maritime borders. Greece, Egypt and Cyprus believe the 2019 agreement violates their economic rights in an area suspected to contain vast natural gas reserves. The question of rights to Libya's vast hydrocarbon resources has become more urgent this year as global energy prices have soared. The European Union has denounced the 2019 maritime border deal, while France has said the recent agreement was "not in accordance with international law".

Source: Libya Today October 09, 2022 18:25 UTC