Greek PM says agrees to talks with Libya on maritime zones

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis waits to welcome the head of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohamed al-Menfi at the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

Greece and Libya have agreed to hold talks on marking out their maritime zones in the Mediterranean, Prime Minister Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, after a meeting with the president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi.

In a statement after the meeting, Mitsotakis said the two leaders "agreed on the immediate resumption of talks between Greece and Libya on the delimitation of the maritime zones".

Mitsotakis said Greece aimed to reset relations with Libya, which were soured by the Tripoli government signing a 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Greece's Mediterranean rival Turkey.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes the head of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohamed al-Menfi at the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Hugh Lawson)