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.
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Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aguila Saleh, sent an official letter to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, regarding the invalidity of any memorandums of understanding concluded by the Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, noting that they have no legal effect and do not bind the Libyan state.
Commenting on the energy agreement signed between the Libyan outgoing Government of National Unity (GNU) and Turkey, Presidential Council (PC)…
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).
The European Union has that the newly signed hydrocarbons deal between Libya and Turkey could “potentially undermines regional stability”.
The Libyan government led by Fathi Bashagha affirmed its strong rejection of signing two memoranda of understanding on energy with Turkey by the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
The foreign ministers of Greece and Egypt has challenged the legitimacy of the Libyan outgoing government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on signing energy memoranda of understanding with Turkey.
Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aqila Saleh affirmed his rejection to signing any agreement or memorandum of understanding by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba’s government, considering that they would not be binding for the Libyan state.
Libya and Turkey signed today two memorandum of understandings on hydrocarbons.