FfFfFfFF 58,135 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 In a tweet made on Thursday afternoon, the representative of the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Hafez, announced that Greece and Egypt signed an agreement to delimit maritime zones, to establish their own Exclusive Economic Zones. According to diplomatic sources, this agreement is part of a broader strategy of settling bilateral issues, building alliances with third parties in a way that promotes national interests, based on respect for international law. It is also a balanced agreement that is fully in line with the United Nations Law of the Sea, a piece of international law in which Turkey is one of only 15 countries in the whole world to not sign or ratify. The influence of Greece’s islands in sea zones is secured, according to diplomatic sources quoted by Hellas Journal. Source: https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/08/07/greece-egypt-sign-eez-that-dendias-said-sent-turkeys-memorandum-to-the-trash/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,135 Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Map from Reddit: This is interesting and important news. Turkey and Greece have an ongoing dispute over the eastern Mediterranean sea and the situation is pretty tense at the moment. Greece has the right to claim a bigger EEZ because it owns thousands of small islands and each island have an area or km around it that as a result belong to Greece. However Turkey doesn't like this and claims their EEZ should be bigger in disregard to the Greek islands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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