Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel arrived today in Benghazi in eastern Libya to meet the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, according to multiple press reports.
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Libyan authorities have arrested two people in connection to the killing of at least 15 migrants in Sabratah.
Turkey’s agreement with Libya for potential energy exploration in maritime areas “is not in accordance with international law of the sea,” the French Foreign Ministry reiterated on Friday.
Fathi Bashagha, the Libyan premier designated by the House of Representatives, discussed on Thursday political statement in Libya with Germany’s Special Envoy to the North African country Christian Buck and Ambassador Michael Ohnmacht.
Libyan rescue workers have recovered at least 15 bodies found on the coast in Sabratha including a number burned in a boat and others on the beach, a member of the Red Crescent in the city said on Friday.
Libya’s Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, discussed developments in her country with the British Undersecretary of State for African Affairs, Gillian Keegan, during a phone call yesterday, according to a statement by the Libyan Foreign Ministry.
On Wednesday, the German foreign ministry spokesperson Christopher Burger stressed that one of the principles of international law is that it is not possible for two states to enter into an agreement at the expense of a third country when commenting on the memorandum on fossil-fuel exploration signed by Turkey and Libya.
The U.S. State Department has stated that Libya’s Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is obligated “not to consider new agreements” after the latter recently a signed controversial hydrocarbons deal with Turkey.
Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at Brussels and Athens for their stern objections to a hydrocarbon exploration deal Ankara signed with Libya, saying that the European Union and its member states should “not overstep their boundaries and powers.”
Ankara is trying to “fabricate a reality around something that is illegal” and is “ignoring the international context,” Greek government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said on Tuesday, a day after Turkey signed a preliminary agreement with Libya for oil and natural gas exploration on Libyan soil and in the country’s maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ).