Fresh pushback from Ankara over opposition to Turkey-Libya marine borders deal

Will Libyan Parliament Ratify Maritime Border Deal with Turkey?

Libya’s House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the controversial maritime border agreement signed with Turkey in 2019, nearly six years after it was first signed and left unratified. The maritime Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by then-Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, seeks to establish exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the eastern Mediterranean. Greece and the European Union have rej…

Fresh pushback from Ankara over opposition to Turkey-Libya marine borders deal

Ankara on Thursday reiterated its frustration with European opposition to the maritime delimitation agreement between Turkey and Libya in the Mediterranean Sea, which violates the sovereign rights of Greece and Cyprus.