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Libya parliament approves maritime deal with Turkey
The unanimous vote revives a dispute over eastern Mediterranean sea rights and reverses 2020 resolutions that had cut political ties with Ankara.
- On Tuesday, Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives unanimously approved the 2019 maritime boundary memorandum with Turkey, reversing a 2020 decision to cut political ties with Ankara.
- The ratification repeals two 2020 resolutions that rejected the agreement and severed political relations, consolidating warming ties between Turkey and military commander Khalifa Haftar.
- Turkey's national intelligence organization chief Ibrahim Kalin visited the country during the ratification, with analysts describing the vote as a "watershed" moment reflecting deepening strategic alignment.
- Greece and Cyprus immediately declared the maritime agreement "illegal, null, and void," arguing it disregards international law and infringes upon their sovereign rights in the Mediterranean.
- The agreement establishes an exclusive economic zone border southeast of Crete, complicating energy exploration and drawing scrutiny from European partners over competing maritime claims.
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The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and the Head of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Lien, issued a joint statement on Tuesday evening, pointing to the legal invalidity of the Libyan-Turkeyn memorandum on maritime delimitation." We deeply regret today's ratification by the Libyan Parliament of the so-called memorandum of understanding between Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Mediterranea…
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Libya’s approval of maritime deal with Turkey is rejected by Greece
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s parliament unanimously approved a contested maritime agreement with Turkey on Tuesday, reversing years of opposition and reviving a dispute with Egypt, Greece and Cyprus over rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
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