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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At least one Turkish military aircraft transported Syrian mercenaries to Libya, sources of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.…
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 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.
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”.