EEZ

Nikos Dendias reiterated Aegean islands' rights under UNCLOS, during remembrance events on the occasion of the sinking of the destroyer Vasilissa Olga and HMS Intrepid in the Leros' harbor of Lakki on Sept. 26, 1943

Ankara reverted to 'gunboat diplomacy' in an effort to prevent an Italian vessel from conducting research off Kasos - in its imaginary and illegal EEZ

What Ankara claims as 'Turkish EEZ' is anything farther than 6NM from Kasos, despite nearest Turkish territory being up to scores of nautical miles away

The government in Tripoli reportedly delivered a demarche to Greece's envoy in the Libyan capital last week, essentially 'doubling down' on its controversial and unsanctioned EEZ agreement with Turkey

Minister George Gerapetritis addressed the 9th Delphi Forum on Friday

If the announcement materializes, it would be the first direct back-tracking by the Erdogan administration amid a recent rapprochement between Greece and Turkey