×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Saturday
14
Feb 2026
weather symbol
Athens 14°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Politics

Turkey-Libya agreement poses threat to stability USA has “sought to encourage” says US ambassador to Greece

Cyprus, Greece & Egypt demanded that Turkey "end its provocative actions" branding the nation's oil explorations a "breach of international law"

Newsroom December 3 09:26

 

Deals between Turkey and the internationally recognized government in Libya on military cooperation and maritime boundaries could threaten the stability that America has “sought to encourage,” Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic has said.

Speaking to reporters after delivering a speech at the annual Greek Economic Summit in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, Pyatt said that while the U.S. had not seen the text of the agreement, “we certainly see such a move as detracting from the situation of stability that the United States has sought to encourage.”

Already, tensions between Greece and Turkey have been on the rise over Turkey’s decision to move forward with drilling operations despite a longstanding dispute over claims to gas and oil reserves off of Cyprus.

In October, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt demanded that Turkey “end its provocative actions,” branding the nation’s oil explorations a “breach of international law.”

Pyatt’s comments on Tuesday come as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to ask fellow NATO members at the alliance’s summit this week in London to support Greece amid Turkey’s actions.

>Related articles

Dendias from Thrace: The largest settlement project in the history of the Armed Forces, we protect the Muslims of the region

Munich Conference formalizes the rift: Rubio cancels last-minute Ukraine meeting – “We must free ourselves from dependence on the US,” say Merz & Macron

Bloomberg: US back-and-forth forces Europe to consider developing a unified nuclear deterrent

On Sunday, Mitsotakis told the ruling New Democracy party’s congress that NATO members must take action when another member “blatantly violates international law,” according to The Associated Press.

Indifference, the prime minister warned, could pose significant harm to Greece, a country still on the road to recovery from a crippling debt crisis.

Read more: newsweek

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#agrrement#diplomacy#Eastern Mediterranean#EEZ#energy#greece#Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis#libya#maritime borders#NATO#negotiations#politics#Stability#turkey#Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan#US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt#US President Donald Trump#world#zones
> More Politics

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Macron: We will work to strengthen the criminalisation of anti-Semitic and racist acts

February 14, 2026

Dendias from Thrace: The largest settlement project in the history of the Armed Forces, we protect the Muslims of the region

February 14, 2026

Violent clash in Lyon: Antifascists vs. nationalists, 23-year-old declared brain-dead

February 13, 2026

Munich Conference formalizes the rift: Rubio cancels last-minute Ukraine meeting – “We must free ourselves from dependence on the US,” say Merz & Macron

February 13, 2026

The International Space Station returns to full crew, with four astronauts en route on a SpaceX mission

February 13, 2026

The moment when two US Navy ships collide near South America (video)

February 13, 2026

From Faliro to Voula: Who is building the Athenian Riviera

February 13, 2026

Hatzidakis: The twelve-month tourist season in our country is feasible

February 13, 2026
All News

> World

Macron: We will work to strengthen the criminalisation of anti-Semitic and racist acts

Too often, the sentences handed down to perpetrators of anti-Semitic offences and crimes seem ridiculous, the French president said at a tribute to a Jew murdered in 2006

February 14, 2026

Violent clash in Lyon: Antifascists vs. nationalists, 23-year-old declared brain-dead

February 13, 2026

Munich Conference formalizes the rift: Rubio cancels last-minute Ukraine meeting – “We must free ourselves from dependence on the US,” say Merz & Macron

February 13, 2026

The International Space Station returns to full crew, with four astronauts en route on a SpaceX mission

February 13, 2026

The moment when two US Navy ships collide near South America (video)

February 13, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα