Greece rejects Libyan approval of Turkey-Libya maritime deal
Athens said the memorandum has no legal effect and violates sea law, while the European Union voiced solidarity with Greece and Cyprus.
- On Tuesday, Libya's parliament "voted unanimously" to adopt the 2019 Turkish-Libyan maritime memorandum, with Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dibeybe during the vote.
- Greece formally rejected the decision, calling the deal "without legal effect" and arguing that Turkey and Libya lack "opposing or adjacent coasts" to justify maritime delimitation under international law.
- On Friday, the Republic of Cyprus' foreign ministry declared the memorandum "illegal" and "null and void," stating it "violates the sovereign rights of third states" and contradicts customary international law on island maritime zones.
- Turkey's presidential press office director Burhanettin Duran described the vote as "an important advancement towards protecting the shared rights and interests of both nations" within the "Blue Homeland" under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- Fundamental legal differences persist: Turkey is not a signatory to Unclos and argues islands should only receive 12 nautical miles of territorial waters, contradicting the Greek position that islands hold full EEZs.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, "We receive with deep regret the approval today by the Libyan Parliament of the so-called Libya-Türkiye Memorandum of Understanding on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Mediterranean."
"We deeply regret the ratification by the Libyan Parliament today of the so-called Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Turkey on the demarcation of maritime jurisdictions in the Mediterranean Sea." (ANSA)
Cyprus declares Turkey-Libya maritime agreement illegal
Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Friday declared the maritime boundary agreement signed by the governments of Turkey and Libya to be both “illegal” and “null and void” after it was ratified by the Libyan parliament earlier in the day. “The Republic of Cyprus’ foreign ministry condemns the Libyan parliament’s decision to approve the illegal Turkish-Libyan ‘memorandum […]
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, visit our website. As noted, the memorandum is illegal, null and void, as it violates the International Law of the Sea and violates the sovereign rights of the. This article was first published on Cedarnews. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, visit our official website.
Greece rejects Libyan approval of Turkey-Libya maritime deal
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