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.

Source: Libya Today October 03, 2022 20:48 UTC