Following the move by Türkiye and Libya, Egypt and Greece are holding consultations to expand the scope of their maritime border demarcation agreement

Egypt and Greece agreed to continue consultations to expand the geographical scope of the Exclusive Economic Zones delimitation agreement signed between the two countries in 2020.

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The agreement came during a phone call on Thursday between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty and his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, to discuss the strategic partnership between the two countries and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region, stressing their commitment to international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The Egyptian-Greek agreement comes two days after the Libyan House of Representatives unanimously voted on the memorandum of understanding signed between the previous Libyan government and Turkey in 2019 regarding the determination of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean Sea, a move that Egypt and Greece rejected and considered invalid and contrary to international law.

The Greek Foreign Ministry stated that the two ministers agreed to continue consultations with the aim of expanding the geographical scope of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) delimitation agreement, in full compliance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

For its part, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the two ministers affirmed their categorical rejection of the Libyan House of Representatives’ ratification of the 2019 memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the government of Fayez al-Sarraj regarding the determination of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean Sea.

Both sides stressed the importance of respecting the principles of international law of the sea and the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, particularly the rules relating to the delimitation of exclusive economic zones and the continental shelf, in order to ensure that the principles of justice and equity between states are observed.

She noted that the move comes within the framework of Egyptian-Greek coordination on regional issues of common interest, amid continuing disagreements over maritime border demarcation arrangements in the Eastern Mediterranean.