Türkiye says it is ready to sign a maritime border deal with Egypt

Türkiye's defence ministry says it is ready to sign an agreement with Egypt delimiting their maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, days after Greece and four allies called a similar Turkish-Libyan deal “null and void.” Ministry spokesman Zeki Aktürk said a deal with Ankara would give Egypt over 15,000 square kilometres more sea than one reached with Greece, and pointed to Libya's recent approval of its own 2019 agreement with Türkiye as evidence the approach holds up in law.

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