Thank you for reading the news about Greece pushes back at Turkey over energy race, Libya: analysts and now with the detailsJeddah - Yasmine El Tohamy - ATHENS: Greece is on a diplomatic push to isolate traditional rival Turkey as tension rises between the two NATO allies over energy exploration and support for opposing factions in war-torn Libya, say analysts. Analysts in Greece say Turkey’s recent rapprochement with Libya is aimed at shoring up a rare regional ally in Tripoli’s Government of National Accord (GNA). “Alliances create counter-alliances,” Antonis Klapsis, an assistant professor of diplomacy at the University of Peloponnese, told Greek state TV ERT. The EastMed project is designed to make Cyprus, Greece and Israel key links in Europe’s energy supply chain — and thwart Turkey’s effort to bolster its presence in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey already has ships searching for oil and gas off Cyprus, which has fueled tension with the European Union.

Source: Libya Today December 23, 2019 21:33 UTC