Greek parliament ratifies maritime accord with Egypt
Thursday 27/August/2020 - 08:17 PM
Greek parliament ratified an accord defining
maritime boundaries between Greece and Egypt on Thursday, amid rising tensions
with neighbouring Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean.
The pact, which was sealed earlier this month and
has already been ratified by Egypt's parliament, was approved by a majority of
Greek lawmakers.
The Athens-Cairo agreement has angered Turkey which
says that it infringes on its own continental shelf. The agreement also
overlaps with maritime zones Turkey agreed with Libya last year, decried as
illegal by Greece.
