Egypt and Greece reject Libyan parliament ratification of 2019 maritime boundaries deal with Turkiye

Arab News · 22‏/10‏/2026، 7:36:57 م

Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, and his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, on Thursday reaffirmed their nations’ rejection of the ratification by the Libyan parliament on Tuesday of a 2019 maritime agreement with Turkiye on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean. Ambassador Nader Zaki, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, said the ministers stressed the importance of respecting international law and the provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea reg