Alarming messages emits the Libyaas he returns to the timeliness the Turquoisewith information indicating that the Tobruk -based House will consider its recognition.
The House and its Chairman Akila Salehlike the general Hufftarwhich control Eastern Libya, were Greece’s narrowest “allies” in an effort to cancel the executives that Turkey attempted with the signature in 2019 by the Tripoli government of the Turkolibyan Memorandum.
This memorandum, with unprecedented violations of the law of the sea, “delineated” EEZ between it Turkey and her Libyaignoring the existence of all Greek islands, even Crete.
The Turkolibyy Memorandum is the “elephant in the room” of Greek -Turkish relations and efforts to find a solution to the demarcation of marine zones between Greece and Turkey.
OR Libya House and the hafett They had renounced the Memorandum, which had been offered by the Tripoli government in return in Ankara for the strong military aid it had offered, when General Hftar’s forces took over the Tripoli and the Saraz government, which was rescued by Turkish support.
His non -approval by parliament was an additional strong argument For the invalidity of the memorandumas well as formally the necessary procedure provided for by Libya’s internal legal order.
On Monday, the House was announced by the composition technical committee In order to study the Turkolibyy Memorandum and fears that it begins this way to accept and validate it by the Parliament, without excluding its little chance of voting.
The Turkish “flirting”
In recent months there has been an intense “flirting” of Ankara to East Libya, with visits to Akila Saleh and the general Hufftar In Ankara, but also with the opening of a Turkish consulate in Benghazi. On April 4, the Turkish Minister of Defense Yassar Guiller He had accepted Ankara Happere in Ankara and had talks on the cooperation of the two countries, but also to promote the process of resolving the political crisis in Libya.
The Turkish government and Erdogan himself, as well as Energy Minister Alpslan
Bayraktar have repeatedly stated in recent weeks that Turkey’s next energy planning goals include drilling in Libya.
However, the plots announced for licensing by Libya follow the midline that Greece has set and do not adopt the line of the Turkish -Turkolibyan Memorandum, which overlaps much of the Greek continental shelf south of Crete.
If the Libyan Parliament moves towards the recognition of the Turkolibyan Memorandum, it should be estimated if it is done against Turkey’s “exchanges”, considering that it would also be a blow to the map of the marine spatial planning presented by Athens in April.
Planned a journey of Gerapetritis to Libya
Athens has not shown the necessary attention in Libya in recent years, as relations with eastern Libya have been fully weakened, and relations with the Tripoli government are limited to absolutely necessary.
Information, however, stated that the Foreign Minister, George Gerapetritisplanning to visit Tripoli in the near future, as Libya is a neighboring country and beyond the major issue of the Turkish Memorandum, there is a serious problem with migratory flows that are mainly directed to Crete from Libya.
The fact that it is a period of Bayrami in Tripoli and the situation is tense because of the conflicts between opposing armed groups has not so far allowed the visit of the Gerapetritis visit to Libya.
The Greek ambassador to Tripoli, N. Garilidis, according to Libyan media, met with Tripoli’s government foreign minister al -Taher al -Baur for a review, as they say, bilateral relations and support for political stability.
Nikos Studis