What is the Turkiye-Libya maritime deal, and why are the EU, Egypt opposed?
Libya's eastern-based parliament has backed a 2019 maritime accord with Turkiye already signed by the North African nation's internationally recognised administration based in Tripoli to delimit maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea.
Libya's eastern-based parliament has backed a 2019 maritime accord with Turkiye already signed by the North African nation's internationally recognised administration based in Tripoli to delimit maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea.
What happened
Notably, the vote on Tuesday came as Turkiye has been cultivating close ties over recent years with the eastern parliament, backed by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. Ankara had supported the Tripoli administration, known as the Administration of National Accord (GNA), push back an offensive in 2020 by Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) that aimed to capture Tripoli.
The bottom line
For now, what is the Turkiye-Libya maritime deal, and why are the EU, Egypt remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
