On Monday, Libyan MP, Jibril Ouhaida said that “Turkey is seeking to achieve its economic interests at the expense of Libya.”
In press statements, Ouhaida explained that the Turkish government “took advantage of the political situation in the country, and provided political and military support to the illegitimate Government of National Unity (GNU), in order to achieve its interests.”
Last week, 90 members of the Libyan Parliament expressed their “rejection and strong condemnation of the signing of vague memorandums of understanding between the GNU headed by Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba, and Turkey.”
They referred to the political agreement, which “prohibits the government from signing any agreements or treaties during the transitional stage.”
They said that “what the Dbaiba government had done did not impose any current or future obligations on the Libyan state, as it was done with a non-relevant party.”
They explained that the “signing of the MoU is an attack on the wealth of the Libyan people at this difficult stage.” As well as calling on Turkey to “respect the sovereignty of the Libyan state, and not to interfere negatively by supporting a political party at the expense of the Libyan people.”
In a statement, the Energy and Natural Resources Parliamentary Committee confirmed that the GNU’s “mandate has ended and it no longer a legal authorization to broker any international deals.”
The committee added that the “signing of the agreement with Turkey is illegal, and not binding for the Libyan state, as it was signed by a non-eligible party.”
Notably, Libya and Turkey signed a series of economic agreements that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas.
The agreements will allow for oil and gas exploration in Libyan waters and come three years after the two countries signed a maritime border deal, Çavuşoğlu said after signing the MoU in Tripoli.
The Greek Foreign Ministry has said in a statement that it is following developments in Libya very closely, “especially Monday’s signing of a ‘memorandum of cooperation between the GNU and Turkey in the field of hydrocarbons.
The statement added that Greece “holds sovereign rights in the area, which it intends to defend by all legal means, in full respect to the International Law of the Sea.”
Dendias said earlier that Athens is content to see that the EU, the US, Germany, and Egypt have come out publicly to denounce Turkey’s practices.