Egypt objected internationally to the Turkish-Libyan agreement .. and the Ambassador of Ankara responds

Egypt sent a letter to the UN Security Council objecting to the Turkish-Libyan agreement on demarcation of maritime borders and security cooperation, while a Turkish official indicated the possibility of concluding a future agreement with Cairo.

Egypt, in a letter addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council, on Wednesday described the two memoranda signed in the military and maritime fields between the government of reconciliation and Turkey as invalid, and demanded that they not be registered with the international organization.

The letter considered that these two memoranda violated the political agreement signed in the Moroccan city of Skhirat on December 17, 2015 under the supervision of the United Nations between the Libyan parties, and that they violated Security Council resolutions regarding Libya, especially Resolution 1970 of 2011, in addition to that they allow the transfer of weapons to the militias in the west of the country. .

Turkish response
On the other hand, the Turkish envoy to Libya, Amorullah Eshler, said that his country "warned the concerned countries that it is necessary not to take unilateral steps in the eastern Mediterranean region, but that these countries have taken unilateral steps without taking into account the Turkish warnings."

The Turkish official stressed that the two agreements with Libya are compatible with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and international law and the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, and take into account the length and direction of the coasts, and that his country informed the United Nations of the content of the two agreements.

Eichler called on "those who intentionally ignore Turkey to review the relevant international bodies," expressing his belief that the international court will rule in favor of Turkey.

He pointed out that Turkey is open to holding bilateral talks and negotiations with other countries, adding that the two agreements "and contrary to Egyptian allegations, never harm Egypt's interests, but rather serve the interests of this country, and may push it to conclude a similar agreement with Turkey in the future."

The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, had confirmed earlier that "there is no prejudice to our interests in Egypt from the Turkey agreement and the reconciliation government, but there is a prejudice to the interests of other countries in the Mediterranean region, and the situation in Libya does not tolerate any additional complications."

A few days ago, Al-Jazeera published a leaked document from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry recommending not to sign the agreement to demarcate the maritime borders with Greece, because it harms Egypt's interests, deducts a large area of ​​its maritime borders, and prevents it from signing a future agreement with Turkey.

The Turkish government and the government of the Libyan National Accord signed two memoranda of understanding on November 27 in Istanbul in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez al-Sarraj, the first of which stipulates the delineation of maritime spheres of influence between the two parties, while the second provides for enhanced cooperation Military security between them.