00:00The Greek Foreign Minister, Georgios Gerapatritis, received a warm welcome in Tripoli on Monday
00:06as he arrived for talks with his Libyan counterpart.
00:10Top of the agenda was the massive rise in migrants reaching Greece from eastern Libya,
00:16something Athens wants Tripoli to do more to control.
00:22In addition to discussing the very important issue for Libya and the countries of the Mediterranean
00:27Basin, namely the question of irregular migration and illegal immigration, we addressed numerous
00:34aspects of economic cooperation between our two countries during this meeting.
00:40We also agreed to exchange visits between Greek and Libyan business representatives to create
00:46a sustainable partnership between the two countries, enabling private sector actors to directly
00:53engage in mutual cooperation.
01:00Ghirapatritis also met with the head of Libya's internationally recognized national unity
01:06government, Abdulhamid Dabaiba.
01:08They reaffirmed their commitment to resolving maritime border disputes in line with international
01:14law.
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