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Egypt and Greece agree to continue talks on expanding maritime border deal
October 22, 2026 at 02:57 PM
Egyptian and Greek foreign ministers held talks Thursday and agreed to continue consultations on expanding their 2020 maritime border demarcation agreement.
- Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati conferred by phone Thursday on eastern Mediterranean developments.
- Athens and Cairo agreed to continue consultations on expanding the geographic scope of their 2020 maritime boundary agreement.
- The two ministers reaffirmed their rejection of the Libyan parliament's ratification of the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum of understanding.
- Gerapetritis said the geographical expansion would be discussed at the appropriate time, with both sides reaffirming commitment to UNCLOS 1982.