The key facts

  • Libya's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the agreement on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction zones with Turkey, reversing its earlier rejection.
  • Hakan Fidan held separate phone talks with Dbeibeh and Saddam Haftar and thanked them for approving the memorandum.
  • The agreement was signed by Turkey and Libya in November 2019 and defines the boundaries of the two countries' maritime jurisdiction zones in the Mediterranean.

Phone talks after the deal's approval

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday held separate phone talks with Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army Saddam Haftar. The occasion was the approval of the agreement on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction zones between the two countries. According to sources at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Fidan thanked both interlocutors for the Libyan House of Representatives' adoption of the memorandum of understanding on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction zones between Turkey and Libya.

Approval and history of the agreement

Libya's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the agreement on maritime jurisdiction zones with Turkey, thereby reversing its earlier rejection of the deal. Turkey and Libya signed the delimitation agreement itself in November 2019; it establishes the boundaries of the two countries' maritime jurisdiction zones in the Mediterranean Sea.