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Greece signs historic agreement with Egypt on EEZ
The historic agreement signed yesterday in Cairo on the EEZ between Greece and Egypt, was the culmination of years of talks and intense consultations between the two sides recently.
US amb. Pyatt: Kastellorizo has same continental shelf and EEZ rights as any mainland territory
"I would like to make it clear that the term 'disputed' refers only to areas where more than one country asserts maritime claims," US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said on Thursday in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on the sidelines of an event at the Alexandroupolis port for the reception and promotion of forces of the 101st US Airborne Brigade in the framework of the NATO exercise "Atlantic Resolve".
US State Dept's Francis Fannon at trilateral East Med discussion: Islands have EEZ, continental shelf; provocations must stop
The United States has "been very consistent in calling to stop all provocative actions that could undermine investment confidence in the East Mediterranean region" and affect political stability, US State Department Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources Francis Fannon said on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual roundtable discussion "East Med and the trilateral partnership (Greece, Cyprus, Israel) and its role in regional energy security and economic cooperation in the age of Covid-19 and beyond".