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The Greek Current 11 Ιουν 2020

Turkish ship suspected of violating UN arms embargo on Libya

Today Turkey rejected Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire in Libya, while a Turkish ship suspected of carrying arms to Libya, violating a UN-imposed arms embargo, was spotted in the Mediterranean in an area monitored by EU vessels participating in Operation Irini. Angelos Athanasopoulos, the editor in chief of politics for the Greek newspaper To Vima, give us his insight into the current situation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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