Greece rebuts Libya’s UN letter on maritime zones

Greece has submitted a missive to the United Nations rejecting Libya’s caller claims implicit maritime zones, which Athens says are based connected the Turkey-Libya Memorandum, regarded arsenic amerciable by the Greek authorities due to the fact that it disregards the beingness and rights of Greek islands.  

The letter, dated September 3 and published astatine the UN, responds to Libya’s May 27 submission that unilaterally defined the outer boundaries of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

On the contented of offshore plots south of Crete, Athens stresses that their delineation – and Greece’s wider maritime spatial readying – afloat complies with the UN Convention connected the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The missive besides rejects Libya’s statement that the median enactment should beryllium drawn solely connected the ground of continental coasts, a presumption agelong echoed by Turkey.

In addition, Athens defends the 2020 Greek-Egyptian maritime agreement, noting it was concluded “between states with other coasts and successful afloat compliance with UNCLOS.”

Greece further contests Libya’s submission of its EEZ boundaries to the UN, arguing that disputed baselines were used. At the aforesaid time, Athens reaffirms its readiness to resume negotiations with Tripoli connected the delimitation of maritime zones, provided discussions are conducted connected the ground of planetary law.