Foreign minister meets Libyan officials in Tripoli, stresses merits of cooperation

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Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis connected Monday held talks connected migration, undersea exploration rights and bilateral practice with Libyan officials during a visit to Tripoli successful western Libya.

Gerapetritis met the caput of Libya’s nationalist unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and acting Foreign Minister Al Taher Salem Al Baour, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

He praised the “very warm reception” helium received, and said the docket included migration, bilateral trade, practice within planetary institutions and connected taste and acquisition affairs.

Greece and Libya are astatine likelihood implicit undersea exploration rights, and Tripoli has angered Athens by signing a woody with Turkey that efficaciously disregards Greek claims successful waters south of Crete. Athens is besides highly acrophobic astatine a monolithic emergence successful amerciable migration from eastbound Libya, which is not controlled by the internationally recognized authorities successful Tripoli.

“We decided to spell up with discussions connected technical committees concerning the delimitation of the continental support and Exclusive Economic Zone, to cooperate within planetary institutions while looking to the future, to beryllium capable to cooperate successful an situation successful which some countries will bask communal benefits,” Gerapetritis said.

He added that a associated committee would beryllium activated that among others would “re-examine agreements that person been signed and suggest caller agreements,” but did not supply further details.

“It is important that two [neighboring countries] … should beryllium capable to cooperate well and beforehand matters that interest them,” Gerapetritis said.