Athens is acting in line with the interests of the European Union by ignoring the interests of regional actors in the Eastern Mediterranean, the head of the Iraq-based Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies (MIRS) said Monday. For Greece to understand Libya's interests, it should look at the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Euromed) founded in 1995, Jaafar explained. We should now question to what extent the EU fulfills its responsibilities for regions like the Middle East and Africa. Underlining that Greece's Eastern Mediterranean policy has been aiming to limit Turkey to a very small area, Jaafar said: "Athens has been acting in line with the EU's interests by ignoring the regional actors' interests. Some parties in the Eastern Mediterranean equation do not want Turkey's involvement in the energy traffic in the region.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 19, 2021 13:07 UTC