Greece seeks EU protection against Turkish activities

Greece seeks wider European support against Turkey’s activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and hopes EU leaders will condemn Ankara in the two-day summit in Brussels, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said.

A draft statement of the summit revealed by Reuters on Wednesday addresses three issues raised by the government: Condemning Turkish provocations, explicitly stating that this agreement has no legal effect and Europe’s unconditional support to Greece and Cyprus, Petsas told ANT1 television channel on Thursday.

According to Reuters, the draft statement will say that “the Turkey-Libya memorandum of understanding on the delimitation of maritime jurisdictions in the Mediterranean Sea infringes upon the sovereign rights of third States (and) does not comply with the (UN) Law of the Sea.”

Via Ekathimerini