Despite the condemnation of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece .. Erdogan: the agreement with Libya will be implemented

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey will not withdraw exploration vessels from the eastern Mediterranean, stressing that the agreement with Libya will be applied in all its terms, following the objections of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece to this agreement.

This came in a speech delivered by the Turkish president during his participation in the northwestern state of Edirne, in the ceremony linking the trans-Anatolian gas pipeline Tanab with the trans-Adriatic pipeline.

Erdogan said all the terms of the agreement between Turkey and Libya will also enter into force, and our exploration work will produce peace and prosperity, not conflict and bloodshed.

On the Turkish exploration ships in the eastern Mediterranean, Erdogan stressed that Turkey will not withdraw its ships from there to comply with the screams of some and howling.

On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, received at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul.

Understanding and rejection
The Liaison Office of the Turkish Presidency announced that the governments of the two countries signed two memorandums of understanding, the first on security cooperation and the military, and the second on sovereignty over maritime areas, which aims to protect the rights of the two countries in accordance with international law.

After the announcement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry described the Turkish-Libyan memorandum as having no legal effect, saying that the political agreement "Skhirat" authorizes the entire Libyan Prime Minister Council - not the President of the Council alone - to conclude international agreements.

The ministry said the agreement did not bind any party and did not affect the maritime delimitation system in the Mediterranean because it was illegal. Greece, Cyprus and Egypt oppose Turkish gas exploration on the coast of northern Cyprus.

For its part, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a statement that the legal terms of value of the memorandum of understanding signed by the Turkish and Libyan sides.

The statement added that the Turkish-Libyan memorandum of understanding could not affect the rights of Cyprus and other riparian countries.

This comes at a time when Greece threatened to expel the ambassador of the Libyan government of reconciliation, if not provided a copy of a memorandum of understanding signed by his country with Turkey on the delimitation of the maritime border between the two countries.