An eastern Mediterranean maritime border dispute is back in the spotlight after eastern Libya’s top legislative body ratified a controversial 2019 MoU with Turkey that clashes with Greek, Cypriot, and Egyptian maritime claims.
On 20 October, under its newly-appointed Speaker al-Salhin Abdulnabi (MEES, 16 October), the Benghazi-based House of Representatives (HoR) voted unanimously to adopt the MoU signed between the Tripoli and Ankara governments in 2019 regarding the determination of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean. (CONTINUED - 1684 WORDS)