Ankara reverted to 'gunboat diplomacy' in an effort to prevent an Italian research vessel off the SE Aegean Island of Kasos in its baseless, illegal EEZ
What Ankara claims as 'Turkish EEZ' is anything farther than 6NM from Kasos, despite nearest Turkish territory being up to scores of nautical miles away
The government in Tripoli reportedly delivered a demarche to Greece's envoy in the Libyan capital last week, essentially 'doubling down' on its controversial and unsanctioned EEZ agreement with Turkey
Minister George Gerapetritis addressed the 9th Delphi Forum on Friday
If the announcement materializes, it would be the first direct back-tracking by the Erdogan administration amid a recent rapprochement between Greece and Turkey