雅典，10月27日电 - 埃及、巴林和阿拉伯联合酋长国与希腊站在一起，谴责土耳其与利比亚的一项海洋协议对地区安全和国际法律秩序构成威胁，这是一场关于东地中海海上边界的长期争端。
ATHENS, Oct 27 - Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates aligned with Greece to denounce a Turkey-Libya maritime accord as a threat to regional security and international legal order in a long-standing dispute over sea borders in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
利比亚东部议会上周批准了一项与土耳其的海洋边界协议，该协议最初于2019年达成，引发希腊和塞浦路斯迅速谴责，两国称该协议侵犯了它们自己的海洋主张。
Libya's eastern parliament last week approved a maritime boundaries deal with Turkey, originally agreed in 2019, drawing swift condemnation from Greece and Cyprus, which say it infringes on their own maritime claims.
希腊外长乔治·杰拉佩特里季斯周一在纽约联合国发表联合声明，希腊和这三个阿拉伯国家表示，该海洋协议引发了“对地区安全与稳定的严重关切”，并可能开创不良先例，允许“任意的双边安排”破坏既定的国际法规则。
In a joint statement delivered by Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis at the United Nations in New York on Monday, Greece and the three Arab countries said the maritime accord raised "serious concerns for regional security and stability" and could set a bad precedent by allowing "arbitrary bilateral arrangements" to undermine established rules of international law.
土耳其总统塔伊普·埃尔多安周一表示，欧盟及其他方面对该协议获批的反应没有合法依据，为安卡拉在东地中海的政策进行辩护。
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that reactions from the European Union and others to the approval of the agreement had no legitimate basis, defending Ankara's policy in the eastern Mediterranean.
阿拉伯国家对希腊的支持显示出将一场双边争端转变为更广泛的地区推动、维护海洋规则的努力，增加了对土耳其和利比亚在海洋区域和未来地中海能源项目方面的外交压力。
The Arab support to Greece signals efforts to turn a bilateral dispute into a broader regional push for respect of maritime rules, increasing diplomatic pressure on Turkey and Libya over maritime zones and future energy projects in the Mediterranean Sea.
自2019年利比亚-土耳其协议签署以来，希腊已授予由雪佛龙领导的财团一项许可证，在克里特岛附近勘探天然气，并寻求与利比亚达成单独协议，划定双方海洋区域。
Since the 2019 Libya-Turkey deal, Greece has awarded a Chevron -led consortium a licence to look for gas off the island of Crete and has sought a separate agreement with Libya on demarcating their maritime zones.
杰拉佩特里季斯周一表示，雅典准备继续这一努力，并呼吁利比亚根据海洋规则与邻国建立良好关系，作为政治过渡的一部分。
Gerapetritis said on Monday that Athens stood ready to continue the effort and called on Libya to foster good relations with neighbours in line with maritime rules as part of a political transition.
在北约支持的起义推翻利比亚长期领导人穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲后，利比亚在十多年前的内战中分裂为敌对的东部和西部政府。
Libya broke apart into rival eastern and western administrations more than a decade ago during a civil war after a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
利比亚与土耳其的协议由利比亚位于西部的黎波里的国际公认政府达成，但由军事指挥官哈夫塔尔领导的东部对立政府多年来一直未予批准。
The Libya-Turkey accord was agreed by Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli in the west, but the rival eastern administration under military commander Khalifa Haftar had withheld its approval for years.
土耳其的支持对于击退哈夫塔尔部队2019年至2020年对的黎波里的进攻至关重要。
Turkish support was crucial to repelling an assault by Haftar's forces on Tripoli in 2019-2020.
但近年来双边关系稳步改善，土耳其官员定期访问哈夫塔尔的实际首都班加西，并在建筑及其他领域大量投资。
But relations have steadily improved in recent years, with Turkish officials paying regular visits to Haftar’s de facto capital, Benghazi, and investing heavily in construction and other sectors.