Was intense her reaction was Turkey to the diplomatic manipulations of Greece and Cyprus, which resulted in the European Council condemning the Turkishfor which Brussels emphasized that “it violates the sovereign rights of third countries, does not comply with the law of the sea and cannot have legal consequences for third countries”.
In particular, sources from the Turkish Ministry of Defense told reporters that Ankara does not accept the positions of Athens and Nicosia for the Turkolibyy Memorandumstressing that this was drawn up ‘According to the rules of international maritime law», As the SKAI correspondent in Constantinople, Manolis Kostidis, reported today (03.07.2025)
“The Memorandum of Understanding for the maritime jurisdictions signed between our country and Libya in 2019 was drawn up in a way that protects the rights of both countries in the context of equality, in accordance with the rules of international maritime law. The Memorandum of Understanding was communicated to the UN both from our country and from Libya, ”said sources from the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
They then added that: “The characterization of our Memorandum of understanding as a” illegal “as a result of the unilateral political directives of Greece and the” Greek Cypriot administration of southern Cyprus “is not accepted in our part. The Memorandum was determined in accordance with the midline between the continental territories, the principle of non -exclusion and the principle of equality. “
The role of Egypt
It is recalled that Egypt is trying to prevent any changes in balances in the Eastern Mediterranean, under the “shadow” of the growing ties between Turkey and General Khalifa Haftar, who controls East Libya.
According to Middle East Eye (Mee), Egypt has asked the US to intervene to prevent the Eastern Libyan parliament from ratifying the illegal Turkolibyan memorandum.
An Egyptian official said that Cairo is concerned that if the Eastern Libyan parliament ratifies the agreementinitially signed by the opposing Western government of Eastern Libya in 2019, this could cause tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, at a time when Egypt is already facing the impact of wars on Gaza and Sudan.
Two other sources said that Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelati raised the issue of US intervention in telephone with Masand Boulos, US senior adviser to Africa last month.