Three Arab states back Greece in dispute over Turkey-Libya maritime accord

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Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates backed Greece in condemning a Turkey-Libya maritime boundaries accord, calling it a threat to regional security and international legal order. Greece and Cyprus say the agreement infringes on their maritime claims; Libya's eastern parliament recently approved the deal originally agreed in 2019.

ATHENS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates aligned with Greece to denounce a Turkey-Libya maritime accord as a threat to regional security and international legal order in a long-standing dispute over sea borders in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Libya's eastern parliamentlast week approved a maritime boundaries deal with Turkey, originally agreed in 2019, drawing swift condemnation from Greece and Cyprus, which say it infringes on their own maritime claims.