EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Türkiye and Libya commemorated the fourth anniversary of a maritime pact on Monday, solidifying Türkiye’s presence in the Mediterranean and disrupting efforts to contain its influence. As a growing regional power, Türkiye countered foreign attempts to isolate it through strategic policies. The agreement between Ankara and Libya’s GNA guaranteed Türkiye's rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, countering unilateral drilling by Greece and Greek Cypriots. The UN endorsement aimed to promote peace and stability in Libya. A…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean to "secure shipping companies," the presidency said. "It is the latest Egyptian military base on the Mediterranean and will focus on securing the northern and western front of the country," the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The ceremony was attended by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and by the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed…

The joint efforts of the Turkish navy and the Libyan coast guard rescued at the very least 123 irregular migrants outdoors the Libyan capital Tripoli, navy sources stated on Sunday. Throughout a mission north of Libya, the Turkish naval ship TCG Gaziantep acquired a demand assist from an inflatable boat transporting the irregular migrants virtually 129 kilometers from Tripoli on Thursday. After the Turkish mission group command supplied the essential data in regards to the boat to native authorities,…

Greece and Libya have agreed to hold talks on marking their marine zones in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday after a meeting with Libyan President Mohammad Younes Menfi. In a statement after the meeting, Mitsotakis said the two leaders "agreed to resume immediate talks between Greece and Libya on the demarcation of marine zones." Libya's new unity government took office on March 16, succeeding two warring authorities that had ruled eastern and…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resumed the Greek embassy in Libya throughout a go to to the North African nation on Tuesday and met the previous Libyan envoy he expelled in response to the Tripoli authorities's maritime border settlement with Turkey in 2019. Greece had ordered the expulsion of Libya's present head of the Presidential Council, Mohammad Younes Menfi, who had served for nearly a 12 months as Libya's ambassador to Greece, in December 2019 following a maritime settlement between Tripoli and Ankara. He…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resumed the Greek embassy in Libya throughout a go to to the North African nation on Tuesday, aiming to revive relations geared toward by the Tripoli authorities's maritime border settlement with Turkey in 2019. "It's time to depart behind what has examined our relationships previously," Mitsotakis stated in TV feedback with Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. Greece had ordered the expulsion of Libya's present head of the Presidential Council, Mohammad…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday said the Turkish-Libyan shipping agreement in the eastern Mediterranean was in the country's interest, as he called on all mercenaries to leave the country. The statement came in response to a question about the agreement at a parliamentary meeting in Sirte for a vote of confidence in the new interim government led by Dbeibah. "The Libyan-Turkish agreement in the eastern Mediterranean is in the interest of the Libyan state," Dbeibah said, adding:…