{"id":573508,"date":"2020-08-09T04:16:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T04:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/08\/09\/egypt-greece-sign-agreement-for-eastmed-economic-zone-drawing-turkish-ire\/"},"modified":"2020-08-09T04:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T04:16:44","slug":"egypt-greece-sign-agreement-for-eastmed-economic-zone-drawing-turkish-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/08\/09\/egypt-greece-sign-agreement-for-eastmed-economic-zone-drawing-turkish-ire\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt, Greece sign agreement for EastMed economic zone, drawing Turkish ire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>Egypt and Greece have signed an agreement creating a joint exclusive economic zone in <\/strong><strong>the oil-and-gas-rich eastern Mediterreanean<\/strong>, the countries\u2019 foreign ministers announced at a <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2DB8Y4u\">joint press conference<\/a> in Cairo on Thursday. \u201cThis agreement allows both countries to move forward in maximizing the utilization of the resources available in the exclusive economic zone, especially promising oil and gas reserves,\u201d Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during the presser (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ldHxYKNm1dM&fbclid=IwAR3ldr0XSUC9yrDl4lb8FRnv-DCAQpQnM8C2DgZuvf49Qy9cYZvbR_SyQmU\">watch; runtime 13:45<\/a>) with Nikos Dendias, his Greek counterpart. The agreement will also help Egypt launch more hydrocarbon exploration tenders in the natural gas rich area, Oil Ministry spokesperson Hamdy Abdel Aziz said yesterday (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ex4NGb-fiV0&t=325s\">watch, runtime: 9:57<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The objective: Containing Turkey.<\/strong> According to a map seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/egyptNews\/idAFL8N2F8792\">Reuters<\/a>, the demarcation of the Egypt-Greece economic zone ignores the agreement signed between Turkey and Libya last year for a joint maritime zone. Greek diplomats claimed that Thursday\u2019s pact nullified the Turkey-Libya agreement, and Dendias did not mince his words at the presser, saying it \u201cis the absolute opposite of the illegal, void and legally unfounded\u201d MoU between Turkey and Tripoli, which \u201chas ended up where it belonged from the beginning: in the trash can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The nutter in Ankara doesn\u2019t recognize the Egypt-Greece pact (shocking, we know):<\/strong> Turkey\u2019s foreign minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MevlutCavusoglu\/status\/1291474064171835392\/photo\/1\">described<\/a> the Egyptian-Greek agreement as \u201cnull and void,\u201d saying it infringed on Turkey\u2019s continental shelf and violated Libya\u2019s maritime rights \u2014 adding that Ankara would not allow activity in the area. Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez said on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MfaEgypt\/status\/1291418099225448456\">Twitter<\/a> that Turkey\u2019s comments were \u201cstrange\u201d given it had not actually seen the agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turkey is again exploring for energy in the eastern Mediterranean<\/strong>, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-turkey-greece-erdogan\/erdogan-says-turkey-restarted-energy-exploration-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKCN2531OG\">telling reporters<\/a> that \u201cwe don\u2019t feel obliged to talk with those who do not have rights in maritime jurisdiction zones.\u201d Ankara had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/08e56e49-abfd-49e8-ae4c-11788338c244\">agreed last month<\/a> to put on hold its gas exploration efforts and hold talks with Greece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>International opprobrium for Turkey: <\/strong>Cyprus, Greece, France, and the UAE have <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c2c840bf-5327-484d-b410-76c7fa0a19b5\">all joined Egypt in condemning<\/a> Turkey's successive attempts this year to drill for natural gas in Cyprus' disputed maritime zone. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said last week that if his country and Turkey remain at loggerheads over their maritime boundary dispute he would welcome international court intervention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/08\/turkey-egypt-libya-greece-maritime-hague.html#ixzz6UX2nAhHv\">Al Monitor<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The UAE welcomed the Greco-Egyptian pact:<\/strong> Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated Shoukry on signing the latest agreement, saying it \u201crepresents an important step that reflects the efforts of Egypt and Greece to enhance the stability foundations in the Eastern Mediterranean Region,\u201d the UAE\u2019s state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395302860875\">WAM<\/a> reported on Friday. The Emirates\u2019 Foreign Affairs Minister Anwar Gargash also took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnwarGargash\/status\/1291636714394574849\">Twitter<\/a> saying that \u201cthe signing of the maritime border demarcation agreement between Egypt and Greece is a victory for international law over the law of the jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The pact is getting plenty of ink in the international press:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-greece\/egypt-and-greece-sign-agreement-on-exclusive-economic-zone-idUSKCN252216\">Reuters<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/fc1754ebee8429afd79a4750d6adaa40\">Associated Press<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-08-06\/egypt-and-greece-sign-maritime-border-deal-in-snub-to-turkey\">Bloomberg<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31DzyCm\">Al Arabiya<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1706686\/middle-east\">Arab News<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/255561\/article\/ekathimerini\/news\/egypt-and-greece-sign-agreement-on-exclusive-economic-zone-egyptian-fm-says\">Ekathimerini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt and Greece have signed an agreement creating a joint exclusive economic zone in the oil-and-gas-rich eastern Mediterreanean, the countries\u2019 foreign ministers announced at a joint press conference in Cairo on Thursday. \u201cThis agreement allows both countries to move forward in maximizing the utilization of the resources available in the exclusive economic zone, especially promising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[5641,211,5638,72,381,4090,220,8835,7092,3794,91,5639,301,5640,2380,218],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-573508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-anwar-gargash","tag-cyprus","tag-economic-zone-agreement","tag-enterpriseam","tag-greece","tag-kyriakos-mitsotakis","tag-libya","tag-maritime","tag-mediterranean","tag-nikos-dendias","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-receptayyip-erdogan","tag-sameh-shoukry","tag-sheikh-abdullah-bin-zayed-al-nahyan","tag-speed-round","tag-turkey","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3c3ad5b2-df09-4b29-a8b0-493e1b964837","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2020\/8\/44.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[573503],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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