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Libya's Parliament Speaker Publicly Rejects Turkey-Libya Maritime Plan
Akila Saleh (left) met with Greece’s FM Giorgos Gerapetritis recently in Athens. Credit: AMNA Akila Saleh, the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) based in Benghazi, publicly declared the 2019 Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on maritime boundaries “null and void.” This marks the first such public statement since 2019 by Saleh, who recently visited Athens. In an interview with the Libyan News Agency (LANA), Speaker…
Akila Saleh declares that the Memorandum is invalid and at the same time paves the way for negotiations, as he says, with Greece, Egypt and Turkey on the delimitation of maritime zones.
The Libyan Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, has declared the agreement signed between the previous Government of National Accord and the Turkish government on the demarcation of borders in the eastern Mediterranean invalid and not approved by Parliament, because it was signed by a government that did not gain the confidence of the legislature. In an exclusive interview with the Libyan National News Agency (LANA), Saleh state…
The President of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, stressed that the Parliament is the only authority that has the authority to ratify international agreements, reiterating that the Turkish-Libyan… “The Turkish-Libyan memorandum is invalid,” says the President of the Libyan House of Representatives - NAVY SHIPPING
The Turkish-Libyan memorandum is invalid, as it was signed by a government that had not received a vote of confidence from the legislative branch, stressed Ánguila Saleh.
Libya’s Parliament Speaker Rejects Unratified Maritime Agreements
Libya’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh, has reaffirmed that no maritime agreement affecting the country’s sovereignty is legally valid unless the Libyan parliament formally approves it. He stressed that the authority to ratify international treaties, particularly those related to maritime boundaries, lies exclusively with the House of Representatives, and any agreement concluded outside this constitutional framework has no…
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