The Libya Tukey energy deal is escalating the dangers of open conflict between Athens and Ankara. Turkey and Libya have demarcated potential oil and gas-rich regions in the Mediterranean. This maneuver has also irritated Egypt.
On October 3rd Turkey signed a preliminary agreement with Libya's Tripoli GNA government to explore for oil and gas off the Libyan coast. without specifying whether the survey could take place in waters South of Greece, where Athens says Turkey has no right to be.
Greece and Turkey are in constant conflict over the spheres of influence in the Aegean Sea. Recently Germany condemned Turkey's threats against Greece.
Greece's Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, accused Turkey of exploiting "the turbulent situation in Libya to further destabilize the security in the Mediterranean region and establish a regional hegemony"
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