Ankara: Turkey-Libya deal in ‘complete accordance with international law’

Ankara says the maritime sovereignty of war-affected Libya cannot be violated by Israel, Egypt, Greece and other regional players for their gas pipeline project in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The maritime deal between the internationally-recognised government of Libya and Ankara is in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the spokesperson of the Turkish Foreign Ministry told TRT World. 
— Read on www.trtworld.com/turkey/ankara-turkey-libya-deal-in-complete-accordance-with-international-law-31910

The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline

“Turkey’s recent interest in Libya is directly related to blocking Cyprus gas exploration and declaring vast Turkish offshore space legal for its drilling ships.

On November 27, 2019 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a bilateral agreement on maritime boundaries in the southeastern Mediterranean. It would redraw existing recognized sea boundaries to give Libya exclusive rights for some 39,000 square kilometers of maritime waters belonging to Greece. The new joint zone of Tripoli-Turkey runs directly between the both countries and completely ignores the fact it violates Greek waters off Crete. Conveniently, it would cut directly across the planned Israel-Cyprus-Greece EastMed pipeline route. Without Turkey’s approval, Turkey has suggested the Greek EastMed pipeline would be a non-starter.

The ongoing war between Haftar and Tripoli’s GNA becomes even more complex, as Israel is also backing Haftar who now controls Benghazi and much of Tobruk along the Mediterranean coastline. Since 2017 the Israeli military have secretly been supporting Haftar in his attempt to gain control of Libya.”

— Read on williamengdahl.com/englishNEO19Jan2020.php