By Antonis Antzolettos

The new pressure with the migratory brings back to the surface the problems that exist with the Libya. The illegal turquoiseSince November 2019, he has come to stay and this has been more emphatically seeing the Greek side lately. The EEZ demarcation with the African country has never proceeded with the joint in The Hague. This could be done before the fall of Gaddafi in 2011.

The penetration of Tayyip Erdogan to Benghazi It is proceeding fast and now Athens has been engaged in a race. Construction companies do important projects, military training is being provided, and in 2024 Turkey opened its consulate in Benghazi in a variety of ways in the void of power. Recently, in June, the Libyan Energy Minister met with the Turkish ambassador with an emphasis on strengthening the cooperation in energy. The involvement of the Turkish TPAO had been discussed, and another appointment with the Turkish Minister of Energy in Istanbul had been preceded.

Nothing is accidental for what is happening at this time in the wider area. The involvement of Egypt and Turkey – and not only – have given a regional dimension to the crisis. The European Union has chosen to pursue a regular policy management policy with Libya rather than looking for solutions and making meaningful intervention. Invested only in the west of the country and in the DBABBA governmentleaving the East Libya of Hufftar To find other “patrons”.

From 2019 – 2021 the Greek government had developed close relations with the commander and had been confident that the support and rejection of Turkish intentions in the region were almost given. From that point on we arrived last week that Happere put in terms of accepting the European mission, resulting in the appointment.

Developments are constantly running and are not positive. With UN verbal decoration Greece has been designated and under which the plots have been engraved in the west and south of Crete.

Where is the problem in this case? For the first time, the claim against Greece is reflected in an official document. In her report Libyan State Petroleum Companyattached to the verbal decoration, there is talk of a violation of the “boundary line”, which is essentially the extension of the Libyan side of the “demarcation” of the illegal Turkolibyan memorandum.

The Greek side responded, with George Gerapetritis to make tomorrow’s critical visit to Tripoli:

“Greece rejects any action or action based on invalid and non -existent agreements, without any basis in international sea law. Regarding the pending bilateral issue of the demarcation of an exclusive economic zone with Libya, Greece, as a genuine neighboring country, has expressed its readiness to continue discussions under international sea law, as the Libyan side also consults. No reaction will discourage the Greek government from exercising, with responsibility and in practice, the country’s sovereign rights. “

In Greece it has hit a loud “bell” mainly from the issue of migratory flows that runs at the same time. The West and the UN government in Western Libya, in consultation with their compatriots in the east of the African country, look forward to boosting funds by the European Union. Libya is a fact that it has been flooded by immigrants. It will prove very soon if the Greek government’s decision to suspend asylum applications for three months can perform. The traffickers will obviously insist that once they pass them they will find a way to escape.

If there is no cooperation with Haftar so that the problem is addressed on the African east coast, it is very difficult to find a solution. Libya, just like Turkey in the past, is trying to exchange control of migratory flows with European funds, but also with political benefits. All this is happening at a time when the civil war in Sudan is constantly extruding millions of people in Libya and Egypt.

The implementation of the “Evros Model” from Athens, which is increasingly heard, is not simple, as in 2020 the border was land and now they are marine and their hard storage is clearly more difficult. Things, however, are constantly changing. Italy is also very pressure despite the agreements signed by Rome with Tripoli. The La Repubblica recently published that “Happear is preparing to endorse the Turkish -tired memorandum to exploit underwater deposits”.

At the same time “he wants to make Brussels’ cooperation with the Tripoli government” in order to attempt to attack and conquer his whole country. The second scenario with the prospect of a new civil war complicates things even more for both migration and developments in the wider region.