{"id":10154,"date":"2026-10-20T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10154"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:44:04","slug":"eastern-libya-parliament-approves-2019-maritime-deal-with-turkiye-khalifa-haftar-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10154","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Libya parliament approves 2019 maritime deal with Turkiye | Khalifa Haftar News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The vote recognises Ankara\u2019s maritime deal with Tripoli, ending Haftar\u2019s 2020 boycott.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Libya\u2019s eastern-based parliament, backed by military commander Khalifa Haftar, which runs as an alternative to the UN-recognised legislature in Tripoli, has approved a maritime deal with Turkiye, ending years of acrimony.<\/p>\n

Haftar\u2019s Benghazi-based government said in a statement on Tuesday that his Tobruk-based House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve the 2019 memorandum of understanding signed between Turkiye and Libya\u2019s UN-recognised former Government of National Accord (GNA) on the delimitation of maritime boundaries between the two countries in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n

Specialised committees presented a full and detailed explanation of the deal\u2019s provisions, lawmaker Aisha al-Tabalqi told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

The approval came six years after the same parliament \u2060in 2020 unanimously rejected the ratification of the deal and cut political ties with Ankara. <\/p>\n

Strategic shift<\/h2>\n

The repealing of those moves on Tuesday consolidates a strategic shift in the works since last year, building on Ankara\u2019s military-to-military contacts with Haftar\u2019s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), including a deal in July<\/a> to develop military facilities and advanced surveillance systems.<\/p>\n

The LNA, long believed to have been supported by Egypt<\/a> and other regional powers, has been in conflict with forces loyal to the Tripoli-based government since the start of the Libyan civil war in 2014.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Turkiye signed\u00a0an agreement with the Tripoli-based government delineating the maritime boundaries<\/a> between the two countries in the Mediterranean, triggering protests from Greece and Cyprus.<\/p>\n

Both European countries denounced the agreement, saying it was a serious breach of international law that disregarded the rights of other eastern Mediterranean countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome countries may be upset by this \u2060agreement, but what matters to us is our national interest,\u201d said Tarek al-Jeroushi, a lawmaker in the eastern-backed parliament, adding that the \u2060agreement would strengthen Libya\u2019s position as a political, military and economic partner to key powers.<\/p>\n

In December 2019, Haftar\u2019s LNA had nearly encircled Tripoli, threatening to overrun the<\/p>\n

UN-recognised GNA, which at the time was led by Fayez al-Sarraj, before Turkiye decided to intervene, sending military advisers and drones to stop the LNA, and altering the trajectory of the Libyan civil war.<\/p>\n

Seven years later, there is talk of Ankara setting up a military presence in areas under the control of Haftar\u2019s LNA.<\/p>\n

This eastern pivot is designed to secure Turkiye\u2019s long-term geopolitical and economic interests, preserving its influence in Libya regardless of future political settlements between the government and eastern authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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