FM Gerapetritis: Talks with Libya on delimiting maritime zones to begin shortly

Talks betwixt Greece and Libya connected delimiting maritime zones volition statesman shortly, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis asserted connected Sunday to Skai vigor station.

“We volition person the commencement of method committee talks for the delimitation of maritime zones precise soon,” helium said, adding that Greece is the lone European state which talks astatine the highest levels with some sides successful Libya.

Gerapetritis is scheduled to conscionable with his counterpart successful Libya’s Government of National Unity connected Monday, portion helium has already held akin talks with eastbound Libya arsenic well. “It is an important sojourn we volition person adjacent week. It is an expressed tendency of the authorities successful occidental Libya to statesman these talks,” helium added.

The Greek FM spoke to the presumption astir the reduced amerciable migration flows from Libya. In presumption of wide developments, helium spoke of a batch of challenges ahead, with the further uncertainty globally. “Unfortunately, planetary organizations bash not look to beryllium capable to connection the needed bully services, and we often spot them replaced by ample countries mediating, successful bid to summation a calmer situation,” helium noted.

Commenting connected the Palestinian issue, helium said disapproval against the authorities was ‘unfair’, arsenic “Greece is simply a starring histrion successful immoderate relates to the humanitarian facet successful Palestine. “We person assumed large initiatives, we are fuly coordinated with the Palestinian Authority. Among Europeans, we are the ones with the top enactment to the Palestinian Authority,” the FM asserted. Greece supports a authorities of Palestine, “but this indispensable hap done a governmental process. It is proven that unilateral recognitions person contributed thing to the governmental process.”

Gerapetritis expressed the anticipation that the Greek premier curate and Turkish president volition beryllium capable to find a clip successful their engaged agendas to meet, particularly arsenic their talks successful the existent UN General Assembly meetings (Sept. 9-28) are not concurrent.

Source: ANA-MPA