By Gifts Antoniou

The new round of talks in both sides of Libya opened yesterday, with a visit to our country Balshem Haphtarson of the powerful man of eastern Libya, commander Haftar. And it will continue on Monday, when the Tripoli Foreign Minister of the Tripoli Foreign Minister in Western Libya is expected in Athens. El Taiger Salem Muhammad El Baur.

The two consecutive visits show that the Greek side is steadily seeking to maintain open channels of communication with both sides of Libya, in an extremely demanding context. Tomorrow, the deadline given for expressions of interest by companies wishing to conduct hydrocarbon investigations on two maritime plots south of Crete is expired. It is recalled that Chevron has initial interest. Since this interest is confirmed by the submission of an official bid, new data on the ongoing geopolitical game will be set up in the wider area, with the dominant element of Ankara’s strong expansionist moods.

The visit of Balkasshem Haphtar yesterday to Athens and meetings with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis were a first -class opportunity to detect moods and intentions. Athens is steadily repeating from all available steps and to all its interlocutors the position that the Turkish Memorandum is illegal. Ankara in recent months has intensified the “friendship attack” on Benghazi, with a central aim of ratifying the House of Eastern Libya, the Turkish Memorandum. Indeed, the Turkish media publishes information on the forthcoming visit of the commander Haftar to Ankara and the “menu” of the Turkish Memorandum and Military Cooperation.

Diplomatic sources say that the picture that exists is officially set up in Benghazi to assess the legality of the Turkish Memorandum. In practice, however, it will be shown if and how much the Ankara approach and the pursuit of tight embrace and Eastern Libya have gained ground.

Of course, the Turkish -Tourcolar may remain a central issue with many endings, but there are other issues in relations with East Libya, which have been discussed yesterday. In the near future, a Greek business mission will be organized in eastern Libya, with the areas of constructions, energy, investment and transport to be at the center of interest.

At the same time migratory and flow management They are high on the agenda. The Foreign Ministry’s representative, Lanahe said that it was agreed yesterday to continue the training of Libyan coastguard executives in our country, with the aim of navigating and controlling migratory flows.

Interest now turns to Monday, when the Foreign Minister’s Foreign Minister’s duties in the Tripoli government will be in Athens. Of the central issues that come to the table is the setting up of technical committees to repeat talks For EEZ delimitation between Greece and Libya. During the visit of Mr Gerapetritis to Tripoli last July, the desire to repeat the talks, which have been stopped by 2010, had been set up by Athens. The Commission has been set up, led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Alexandra Papadopoulouwhile similar movements have been made by the Tripoli side. The next stage is to set a timetable for meeting the two committees.