Egypt Rejects Libya-Turkey Maritime Deal
Cairo says the 2019 memorandum has no legal effect for Egypt and violates international maritime law, as Greece, Cyprus and the European Union object.
- On Wednesday, Egypt rejected the Libyan House of Representatives' Tuesday vote to ratify a 2019 maritime agreement with Turkey, declaring the move "devoid of legal effect" and "categorically rejects" the decision.
- The Libyan House's unanimous vote overturned its 2020 rejection of the Turkey-Libya memorandum, which the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord originally signed and whose maritime claims overlap with Greek and Cypriot boundaries.
- Citing the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, condemned the ratification as "absolutely null and void," citing infringements on sovereign rights.
- Defending the agreement as legitimate, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan insisted Ankara already considered the deal in effect since 2019, dismissing the ratification as merely a formality while Cairo reserved its right to protect its boundaries.
- The European Union and Israel condemned the ratification, with Brussels stating the memorandum "infringes on the sovereign rights of third states" and Israeli officials accusing Turkey of destabilizing the Eastern Mediterranean.
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The Libyan Parliament ' s endorsement of the Maritime Memorandum of Understanding with Turkey moved the energy file in the eastern Mediterranean from a year-long internal stalemate to a regional diplomatic confrontation.
Egypt and Greece reject Libyan parliament ratification of 2019 maritime boundaries deal with Turkiye
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, and his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, on Thursday reaffirmed their nations’ rejection of the ratification by the Libyan parliament on Tuesday of a 2019 maritime agreement with Turkiye on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean. Ambassador Nader Zaki, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, said the ministers stressed the importance of respecting international law and the provisions …
Egypt, Greece reject Libyan parliament’s ratification of Turkey deal on Mediterranean waters
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, affirmed the need to respect international maritime law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Egypt declared the maritime delimitation agreement between Turkey and Eastern Libya "null and void." While Greece, Israel, and the EU also reacted negatively to the agreement, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that the agreement was legally legitimate.
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Egypt rejects Libya-Turkey maritime deal
ALBAWABA- Egypt has rejected the Libyan parliament’s approval of a 2019 maritime agreement with Turkey, declaring the memorandum invalid and saying it has no legal effect on Egypt’s maritime rights in the Mediterranean...
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