Libyan parliament leader Aguila Saleh Issa will make his first official visit to Greece, meeting Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis as Athens reiterates its opposition to the Turkey–Libya maritime agreement

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

Greek and Libyan foreign ministers are set to meet in Athens on Tuesday to discuss restarting negotiations on maritime zones, amid tensions over a 2019 Turkey-Libya deal rejected by Greece.

Athens underlines that the deal violates the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by disregarding the sovereign rights of Greek islands, particularly Crete and the Dodecanese.