The Libyan House of Representatives approved a 2019 memorandum on the demarcation of maritime zones with Turkey, Izbastia writes. The document allocates a significant part of the eastern Mediterranean to Ankara and provides for the granting of licenses to the Turkish Oil Corporation for hydrocarbon exploration in Libyan waters. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called the agreement invalid, and Greece warned the UN Security Council against a threat to regional security due to a possible conflict over offshore gas fields.

The Libyan House of Representatives approved a 2019 memorandum on the demarcation of maritime zones with Turkey, Izbastia writes. The document allocates a significant part of the eastern Mediterranean to Ankara and provides for the granting of licenses to the Turkish Oil Corporation for hydrocarbon exploration in Libyan waters. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called the agreement invalid, and Greece warned the UN Security Council against a threat to regional security due to a possible conflict over offshore gas fields.