Greece Rages Against Turkey’s Heft in Libya Peace Talks
- Athens opposes Libya’s maritime accord with arch-rival Turkey
- Greek premier, Germany’s Merkel discussed Libya on Friday
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Greece warned it may try to block any Libyan peace deal that doesn’t resolve a dispute over regional maritime borders, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with military commander Khalifa Haftar ahead of a Berlin conference on the country’s future.
The Greek government, which won’t take part in the Berlin summit, will not accept any political deal for Libya that doesn’t annul an agreement the country struck with Greece’s rival Turkey on maritime borders, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.