Dendias: Greece Aims to Prevent Establishment of Turkish Military Base in Libya

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said his country’s “first concern was to ensure that the Libyan coast opposite Crete would be controlled by friendly forces.”

(Libya, 21 December 2020) – According to Greek news media reports, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias emphasised that Athens is exerting all efforts to prevent the establishment of a Turkish base in Libya. He expressed hope that the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, would retreat from the maritime agreement it signed with Turkey in November 2019, which allowed Turkish forces and its Syrian mercenaries to occupy parts of Libya.

In a related development, the former US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates wrote this week in the New York Times that the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden should punish Turkey for sending Syrian and Turkish mercenaries to Libya.

© AlMarsad English (2020)