US EditionNote Verbale by Libya to UN Extends Maritime Border Claims to Crete
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Note Verbale by Libya to UN Extends Maritime Border Claims to Crete
Libya opposes Greece’s invitation for gas and oil exploration south of Crete due to an illegal delineation of maritime borders. Photo of oil exploration platform. Credit: Cipiota / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The latest note verbale, a type of diplomatic note, submitted by Libya to the UN extends the country’s continental shelf claims to the Greek island of Crete, but sources argue that it produces no legal effect. The map enclosed in Libya’s…
The positions in the Libyan side's document have been raised in the past and responded appropriately by Greece and Egypt, the sources emphasize.
The new provocative action by Libya with the submission to the UN of the map with the coordinates for the outer limits of its continental shelf, is condemned in a statement by the head of the Greek Maritime Administration... D. Mantzos: Libya's new map directly violates the international law of the sea - The Government must provide answers - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
The president of SYRIZA-PS, Socrates Famellos, described the submission of the map with a continental shelf as far as Crete from Libya as a "negative development" in an interview with SKAI, while he questioned "how the ... More
Libya submits new note verbale to UN extending continental shelf claims to Crete
Libya has submitted another note verbale to the United Nations, this time enclosing a map outlining the “outer limits of the continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea,” and extending its claims up to the island of Crete.
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