The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Libyan Parliament’s decision to approve the illegal 2019 Turkish-Libyan “Memorandum of Understanding” in a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Ministry’s statement, this ‘Memorandum’ violates the sovereign rights of third States and is contrary to the recognised principles of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law concerning the rights of islands to maritime zones, including an Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf.
‘Accordingly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to consider the said ‘memorandum’ illegal, null and void, and without legal effect whatsoever vis-à-vis third States’, it is further noted.