The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt met Sunday in Cairo, following maritime and gas deals that Türkiye signed with Libya last week.
Cairo and Athens have strengthened ties in recent years, including cooperation in developing energy resources, combating terrorism and signing controversial maritime border agreements, along with the Greek Cypriot administration.
At a joint news conference, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shukry, focused on the memorandums of understanding between Türkiye and the Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah-led Tripoli-based government.
One of the two administrations grappling for power in the divided North African country, Dbeibah’s government was installed in the capital Tripoli in the west of Libya as part of a United Nations-led peace process last year.
Dendias claimed that such energy agreements were a “threat to regional stability.”
The deals, signed last week, include the joint exploration of hydrocarbon reserves in Libya’s offshore waters and national territory.
