There are vast riches in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea waiting to be exploited by competing regional powers. The leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan will hold a trilateral summit in Amman on the 14th of April to expand cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean region, which has strategic significance in future energy investments.
The meeting follows a historic agreement between Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian territories held in January, called the “Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum” (EMGF), where each nation agreed on how to extract energy. However, this agreement has severely strained relations with Turkey. Ankara had already asserted its maritime borders in a bilateral agreement with Libya’s Tripoli government, which conflict with those delineated in the EMGF.
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