Cyprus is an EU and UN member-states, although 37% of the island republic remains occupied by Turkey since 1974, while the latter has also propped up a Turkish Cypriot pseudo-state in the occupied areas since 1983

Greek diplomacy this month has quietly “floated” the idea of such a summit to ostensibly deal with, among others, the delimitation of maritime zones in the east-central and eastern Mediterranean

Speaking at an off-the-agenda debate in Parliament on Thursday on foreign policy issues, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to an initiative by Athens for a future meeting of Mediterranean states of the wider region

The Egyptian reaction, according to reports in Greek media on Friday, also dispute Libyan claims for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation blocks in the east Mediterranean

In a weekly post on FB Kyriakos Mitsotakis also referred to a decision by his government to purchase a fourth state-of-the-art frigate from Naval Group

The development came after a meeting in Athens on Tuesday between George Gerapetritis and acting Libyan Foreign Minister Taher Salem Al Baour. Experts met afterwards on the issue

Greece views Chevron’s bid for exploration rights south of Crete as a sign of U.S. trust and a possible step toward de facto maritime delimitation with Libya

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself received Belgacem Haftar, the son of Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the de facto leader of eastern Libya, a day after a meeting with Greece's FM

The anti-Erdogan site Nordic Monitor publishes a letter ostensibly written by Turkish FM Fidan, which cites 'efforts to determine the maritime boundary with Syria and to delimit maritime jurisdiction areas beyond territorial waters'

George Gerapetritis was replying to a Parliament question tabled by an independent deputy who was previously elected with the ruling New Democracy (ND) party

The report was first posted on X by the Libya Observer outlet.

The provisional government in Tripoli on Thursday claimed that the tendering of two blocks south of Crete 'violates' the country's sovereign rights

News that east Libya's parliament is eying the creation of a committee to study the maritime deal, which Greece considers as illegal, has reverberated throughout the wider region

Turkish 'charm attack' aimed at Gen. Khalifa Haftar's east Libya stronghold raises regional attention, with Athens' interest piqued over possible change in the stance vis-a-vis the illegal Turkish-Libyan maritime deal

While coming from unnamed sources, the purported comments relate to the latest instance of attempted Turkish interference in a maritime zone claimed by Greece as forming its prospective EEZ

Nikos Dendias: Greece exercised its rights in the Ionian Sea under UNCLOS provisions

Any EEZ progress would be based on 'international law', require stable Syria government, Minister Uraloğlu clarified; sharp 'unofficial' reaction in Athens

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Monday that a delegation from the Ministry of Energy is expected to visit Syria

'We did, indeed, disagree. We disagreed without concessions, without backtracking, without a reduction in sovereignty,' Greek FM George Gerapetritis said in Parliament

Nikos Dendias reiterated Aegean islands' rights under UNCLOS, during remembrance events on the occasion of the sinking of the destroyer Vasilissa Olga and HMS Intrepid in the Leros' harbor of Lakki on Sept. 26, 1943