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.
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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.
At least one Turkish military aircraft transported Syrian mercenaries to Libya, sources of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.…
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.
Two former London bankers hired by Libya to manage hundreds of millions of dollars in investments are accused of defrauding the sovereign fund by funneling off cash for themselves.
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.
This week, IOM Voluntary Humanitarian Return VHR team is registering 125 nationals of Ghana at the Ghana Embassy in Tripoli, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said that he does not care about the opinion of the countries that opposed the signing of the hydrocarbons agreement with Turkey, pointing out that he is primarily interested in making the Libyan people understand the reality of what he is doing.
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.