Turkey, Libya to proceed with Med drilling

The possibilityof hydrocarbon surveys throughout the region covered in the Turkey-Libya maritime border memorandum, both east and south of Crete, was raised again on Thursday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a meeting with the leader of Libya's internationally recognized government, Fayez al-Sarraj, in Ankara.

Erdogan said Turkey and Libya would conduct drilling operations in the territory and on the shores of the North African country.

The meeting between the two men came as Sarraj's Government of National Accord (GNA) regained control of Tripoli yesterday from Libyan National Army forces under Khalifa Haftar, a push made with Turkish military support that Erdogan vowed to increase.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sent letters to top European Union officials protesting over Turkey's activities in the Eastern Mediterranean...

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