BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) — Greece’s foreign minister made a whirlwind tour of eastern Libya, Egypt and Cyprus Sunday amid tensions with Turkey following Ankara’s contentious maritime deal with the Tripoli government.

The agreement signed last month expands Turkey’s claims over a large gas-rich area of the Mediterranean Sea and has been denounced by Greece, Egypt and Cyprus.

Nikos Dendias met Libya’s eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi to discuss two recent “unsubstantial” agreements between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli government, the Greek foreign ministry said in a statement.

Libya is split between bitterly opposed administrations in the east and west. Since April, forces loyal to Haftar have been fighting to seize the capital Tripoli.

In November, the Tripoli-based UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) signed the controversial maritime delimitation deal with Ankara, alongside a military cooperation agreement.

Athens says the maritime deal violates international law and the sovereign rights of Greece and other states, and urged the United Nations to condemn it as “disruptive” to regional peace and stability.

Dendias said Haftar agreed with Greece on the “absolute nullity of these memoranda and how harmful they are” to Libya and regional stability.

GNA Foreign Minister Mohamad Tahar Siala slammed the meeting in a statement, saying it was “a flagrant violation of decisions by the UN, the UN Security Council and all regional organisations… all of which stipulate that the GNA is the only legitimate government” in Libya.

After the talks in Libya, Dendias flew to Cairo, where he met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry for discussions aimed at unifying opposition to the maritime deal.

Earlier this month Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denounced Turkey’s expansion of ties with the Tripoli government.

“We will not allow anyone to control Libya… it is a matter of Egyptian national security,” Sisi told reporters, referring to the military cooperation deal struck between Ankara and the GNA.

From Cairo, Dendias set off for Cyprus, where he met with Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, officials said.

“The condemnation of the Turkish actions is unanimous by all our allies and partners and this is our most powerful diplomatic weapon,” Dendias told the Greek weekly Real News on Sunday.