Greece and Libya will hold a third round of technical talks in Athens on Monday in a bid to delimit heir maritime boundaries, the Greek Foreign Ministry has announced.
The talks begin at 11 a.m. They follow a second round held June 10 in Tripoli, where both sides expressed commitment to continuing constructive dialogue based on international law. The negotiations began in Athens in September 2025.
Expectations for Monday's round remain modest, but officials describe it as a positive step in an effort being pushed by both Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Mr. Mitsotakis has repeatedly affirmed Greece's intent to delimit its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf with Libya.
"Greece seeks the delimitation of the EEZ and continental shelf with the neighboring country, as states with opposite coasts, in full compliance with international maritime law as reflected in UNCLOS, as it has done with other states in the region," he said in a recent weekly address.
He added that Greece remains among the few countries maintaining top-level diplomatic relations with both rival administrations in Libya, and pledged to continue pursuing a political solution safeguarding Greek sovereignty "free from external interference."