Greece plans to extend the western limit of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 miles, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on ...
FILE PHOTO: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis makes a statement as he arrives for the first face-to-face EU summit since the COVID-19 outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium on Jul 17, 2020. ATHENS: Greece plans to extend the western limit of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 miles, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday .
The two countries signed an agreement on maritime boundaries in June, establishing an exclusive economic zone and resolving longstanding issues over fishing rights in the Ionian Sea. Mitsotakis said Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias would soon visit Tirana to discuss a maritime agreement with Albania.The planned measure does not affect the Aegean region, off Greece's eastern and southern coasts.
The two countries are in dispute over the extent of their continental shelves and their maritime boundaries and the row escalated after Turkey sent a survey vessel in disputed eastern Mediterranean waters this month, a move Athens called illegal.
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