The Italian newspaper La Stampa said that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told US President Donald Trump - during their talks about Libya and Turkey - "we are ready for war", due to the agreement to demarcate the maritime border between Ankara and Tripoli.
The Italian newspaper drew attention to the announcement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of his country's intention to start drilling and drilling within the marine areas that were demarcated between Turkey and Libya in accordance with the agreement concluded by Ankara with the Government of National Accord, an agreement that was condemned by part of the international community, especially Greece and Cyprus , Which they considered a flagrant violation of their national sovereignty.
The newspaper stressed that the frantic race to acquire natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean region makes the Libyan game more complicated and strengthens relations between Moscow and Ankara.
The newspaper pointed out that in addition to the (Turkish Stream) pipeline that transports Russian gas via Turkey to Europe, the gas has now also become a cause for the aspirations and fears of these two powers in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Israel is angry
The newspaper saw that Israel is also not at all satisfied with the Ankara and Tripoli agreement and the Turkish influence in the Mediterranean, because it impedes its very ambitious agenda with Greece and Cyprus in the energy sector, in addition to the resentment of Egypt, which started a while ago actually importing Israeli gas according to an agreement signed by the two countries in 2018 With a value of 15 billion dollars.
The newspaper pointed out that Israel is seeking - after discovering huge fields in the Mediterranean and with the help of the European Union - to export gas via Egypt through Cyprus and Greece to southern Italy, and from there it is distributed to all parts of the old continent, but these intentions are viewed by Russia and Turkey with suspicion, given Until Moscow exports the largest amount of gas to Europe.
The newspaper noted that Israel has become more sympathetic towards the retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, especially for the role he is playing, according to her opinion, as an impenetrable dam in the face of "Islamic terrorists" in eastern Maghreb.
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Israel, Haftar and Chad
The newspaper drew attention to the fact that the tripartite alliance represented by Israel, retired Major General Khalifa Haftar and Chadian President Idriss Deby has become a reality on the ground, especially after the dispatch of many Chadian mercenaries to Libya to fight alongside the Haftar militias, and after Deby asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for help In the war on terror, especially in southern Libya, and against Islamic groups and the Muslim Brotherhood in the territory of Tripoli.
She pointed out to Stampa to Athena's announcement of the general aversion in favor of Haftar - against the background of tensions with Ankara and the strengthening of its alliances with Washington and Tel Aviv - and her current leadership of the anti-Turkish front in Europe, to the point of threatening to use the veto within the institutions of the European Union on any possible peace agreement in Libya if it does not take place. Cancellation of the Turkish-Libyan Memorandum of Understanding regarding the demarcation of maritime borders and the exploitation of exclusive economic zones between the two countries.
The newspaper concluded that it was not a coincidence that Hifter received last Thursday in Greece the reception of the presidents, where he met the Greek Foreign Minister, while Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told US President Donald Trump the one letter - last week while they exchanged talks about Libya and Turkey - " We are ready for war. "