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Greece and Egypt Revive Sea Border Talks in Riposte to Turkey-Libya Deal
Greece and Egypt have agreed to resume talks on extending their 2020 maritime boundary agreement. It is the first joint diplomatic response to the ratification of a rival Turkey-Libya deal that both countries reject. Negotiations that had stalled for years will now focus on waters east of the 28th meridian, where the 2020 line ends. Any extension there would cut directly across Turkish claims near the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastellorizo. A smaller section west of the 26th meridian also remains unresolved. The move comes two days after Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives