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Speaking remotely at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Mitsotakis directly challenged Ankara’s maritime claims and stressed that Greece would not tolerate attempts to use regional energy infrastructure as leverage.
The prime minister focused on the maritime agreement signed by Turkey and Libya in 2019 and recently ratified, arguing that its proposed boundaries disregard the existence of Greek islands.
He illustrated his argument with the hypothetical example of Greece reaching a similar maritime agreement with Tunisia, explaining that drawing an arbitrary diagonal line across the Mediterranean would ignore geographical realities and violate fundamental principles of international law.
The prime minister delivered a firm message on the future of major energy infrastructure projects, insisting that regional interconnections should not be obstructed or exploited for geopolitical purposes.
“We will not accept this,” he said, making clear that Greece would oppose efforts to hold strategic energy projects hostage to political disputes.
He specifically referred to the Great Sea Interconnector, the planned electricity connection between Greece and Cyprus, as well as the proposed electricity link between Greece and Egypt.
Mitsotakis highlighted the strategic importance of these projects for regional connectivity and European energy security, underlining Greece’s commitment to developing energy infrastructure across the Eastern Mediterranean.
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