Greece’s Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, has questioned the legitimacy of the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Turkey and Libya’s government of national unity. According to Ekathimerini, Libya’s Tripoli government signed a series of preliminary economic agreements with Turkey on Monday that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas. That zone envisaged the two countries sharing a maritime border but was attacked by Greece and Cyprus and criticised by Egypt and Israel. Dendias also brought up Greece’s concerns with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, during a telephone conversation on Monday. READ MORE: Turkey and Libya recommit to contested maritime borders deal, angering Greece.

October 3, 2022 — Tripoli (AFP)Turkey's foreign minister signed a deal in Libya's capital Monday allowing for oil and gas exploration in Libya's Mediterranean waters, three years after a maritime border deal that angered European nations. The deal follows an agreement Turkey signed with authorities in Tripoli in 2019, which demarcated the countries' shared maritime borders but sparked anger in Greece and Cyprus. The deal came at the height of a year-long battle between rival governments vying for control of Libya's capital. Turkey continues to play a major role in Libya's west, where rival governments are again struggling for control two years after the end of the last major conflict. Athens was fiercely opposed to the 2019 deal between Ankara and Tripoli.

TRIPOLI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Libya's Tripoli government signed a series of preliminary economic agreements with Turkey on Monday that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas, but Libya's eastern-based parliament rejected the move. Speaking at a ceremony in Tripoli, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said they had signed memorandums of understanding aimed at benefiting both countries. That zone envisaged the two countries sharing a maritime border but was attacked by Greece and Cyprus and criticised by Egypt and Israel. "It does not matter what they think," said Cavusoglu when asked if other countries might object to the new memorandum of understanding. Turkey has been a significant supporter of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) under Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, whose legitimacy is disputed by the Libyan parliament, which backs an alternative administration.

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said Mali, Libya and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) are top on the list of countries Nigerians, especially the youths, migrate to. The Director General NAPTIP, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, said this at the Nasrul-Lahi-I-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) Youth Wing 2022 Global Youth Seminar (GYS), which had as its theme: ‘Japa Syndrome: The Pains and Gains’. The five-year data shows that Mali recorded 218; Libya 125, UAE 96, Benin Republic 76, Burkina Faso 63 and Ghana 60 among others. Pains of the JAPA Syndrome. Also, the National Youth Secretary of NASFAT, Alhaji Kabir Raji, said that the third edition of seminar was to address the challenges of brain drain (JAPA Syndrome), legal and illegal migration of Nigerian youth from the country and proffering possible solutions to those charged with governance and the citizens.

Libya’s Tripoli government signed a preliminary deal on energy exploration on Monday, prompting Greece and Egypt to say they would oppose any activity in disputed areas of the eastern Mediterranean. Speaking at a ceremony in Tripoli, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said the deal was one of several in a memorandum of understanding on economic issues aimed at benefiting both countries. “It does not matter what they think,” said Cavusoglu when asked if other countries might object to the new memorandum of understanding. An Egyptian foreign ministry’s statement said on Monday that Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a phone call from his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, where they discussed the developments in Libya. Turkey has been a significant supporter of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) under Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, whose legitimacy is rejected by the Libyan parliament.

Stressing the strong ties between Turkiye and Libya, the Turkish Foreign Minister announced in Tripoli on Monday the signing of Memorandums of Understanding on hydrocarbon and gas between the two countries. On the countries' November 2019 maritime jurisdiction agreement, Cavusoglu said the pact secures the interests of both Turkiye and Libya. "The agreements signed today and before are agreements between two sovereign States, Turkiye and Libya, with a win-win understanding," he said. This is highly important, not only for national unity, but also for political stability, and Turkey places great importance on this," he added. For lasting stability in Libya, Turkiye deems the holding of free, fair, nationwide elections as soon as possible, crucial in line with the aspirations of the Libyan people.

Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aqila Saleh affirmed his rejection to signing any agreement or memorandum of understanding by the outgoing government of Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, considering that they would not be binding for the Libyan state. This came after Dabaiba government’s Foreign and Economy Ministers signed two memoranda of understanding on energy and gas with their Turkish counterparts. The Parliament’s Spokesman, Abdulla Bleihiq, said in a statement Monday that “any agreement, treaty or memorandum of understanding that is concluded by Dabaiba government is rejected and illegal, given the legal end of the mandate of the government since 24 December 2021.”The statement added that these agreements by the outgoing government “are not binding for the Libyan state and people.”He said that “the signing of international agreements, treaties and memoranda of understanding is done through the head of state or parliament,” stressing the need for dealing with the government in Libya to be through the legitimate government that has won the confidence of Parliament, in reference to the Libyan government headed by Fathi Bashagha.

Sales of cosmetics in Libya are mostly driven by the growing need of various facial, hair care, body care, and skin care products. An increase in the population has also pushed the sales of cosmetics in Libya over the past years. The possibility of products reaching the most remote areas has augmented the volume of sales of cosmetics in Libya. In terms of end user, women are contributing highly to the growth of the cosmetics market in Libya. Key Market PlayersThe report underlines ground-breaking insights into the competitive scenario of the Libya cosmetics market, along with the highlights of differential strategies used by manufacturers.

The parties initialled a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that strengthens cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector between Ankara and Tripoli. Under the agreement, Turkey will be able to explore oil and gas fields in Libyan territory through jointly owned companies. PHOTO/@Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Libya's acting Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibé host the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)The agreement has not been without controversy. Asked about the possible reactions of other actors, the Turkish foreign minister said he was "not worried about what they think". Ziada qualifies, however, that it would be a mistake to assume that Turkey's rapprochement with the Libyan Eastern bloc necessarily means abandoning the GNU in Tripoli.

Türkiye and Libya on Monday signed a series of preliminary economic agreements that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas, the Turkish foreign minister said, emphasizing strong relations between Ankara and Tripoli. The agreements will allow for oil and gas exploration in Libyan waters and come three years after the two countries signed a maritime border deal. Speaking at a ceremony in Tripoli, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said they had signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) aimed at benefiting both countries. They follow an agreement Türkiye signed with the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli in 2019 over the Eastern Mediterranean, which demarcated the countries’ shared maritime borders to prevent any fait accompli by regional states. Çavuşoğlu said Türkiye has always stood beside Libya and its people in times of need and stressed it would continue its support without any hesitation.

Turkey’s hopes to draw up a plan to exploit Libyan energy sources is being closely followed, Greek diplomatic sources said on Monday. In any case, Greece will defend its sovereignty and its sovereign rights in accordance with International Law and particularly the International Law of the Sea, they added. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, Trade Minister Mehmet Muş, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın are paying an official visit to Libya today. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met on Monday with French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnave at the Foreign Ministry in Athens. The meeting focused on the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and in Libya, the Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Najla Al-Mangoush, discussed with the European Union (EU) ambassador to Libya, Jose Sabadell, a number of files of common interest in a meeting in Tripoli on Sunday and discussed the political developments in the country. The Foreign Ministry said that the two sides discussed the latest on the necessity of activating the agreement with the EU that guarantees the rights for children living with HIV, in addition to facilitating the granting of Schengen visas to Libyan citizens. They also reviewed the files of economic and security support provided by the EU to Libya, and the efforts of the Presidential Council and the GNU for successful national reconciliation steps. Sabadell said the EU would continue to support Libya until it holds presidential and parliamentary elections as per the people’s aspirations. Al-Mangoush hailed the EU position that supports the Libyan people and confirmed that her Ministry and the GNU are not going to back down from working to regain stability and hinder any efforts to encumber holding elections, which shall be held as soon as possible.

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Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State group, the country’s missing persons authority said Sunday. Exhumation teams unearthed “42 unidentified bodies” after following up reports of a “mass grave” at the site of a former school in Sirte, the authority said. “DNA samples have been taken for analysis in coordination with the office of forensic medicine,” it added, without elaborating further. In October 2017, a grave containing the bodies of 21 Coptic Christians, executed by the jihadists two years earlier, was uncovered near the Mediterranean city. Another mass grave with the remains of 34 Ethiopian Christians was discovered near Sirte in December 2018, more than three years after IS published a video showing its personnel executing at least 28 men described as Ethiopian Christians.