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Athens offers Benghazi a deal to end Mediterranean feud

Premier Mitsotakis wants to defuse rival blocs and stop a Libyan-Turkish pact scooping up oil rights in the Mediterranean

A regional cooperation plan with Libya, Egypt, Cyprus and Turkey outlined by Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in parliament in Athens on 17 October could help resolve the bitter dispute over rival oil claims in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mitsotakis plan would launch a cooperation framework on migration, marine environment protection, maritime borders, connectivity and civil protection for the five Mediterranean neighbours.

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