On Monday, October 3, 2022, a senior Turkish ministerial delegation (Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy and Defence) traveled to Tripoli, the Libyan capital whose tranquility has been, since the Western overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011, frequently disrupted by pitched battles between rival militias.
For the Turks, the game was worth the candle.
The Libyan interim government of Abdelhamid Dbeibah has signed an operational memorandum with them to prepare for the oil and gas exploitation of the rich continental shelf linking the two countries below the waters of the Mediterranean.
This “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) activates the agreement in principle which was signed on November 27, 2019 in Ankara, between Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan and Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Libyan government recognized by the UN.
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By wanting to monopolize a maritime strip between the Libyan coast and the Turkish shore at the level of the city of Kas (south-west of Antalya), the Turks and those…
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