The U.S. State Department has stated that Libya’s Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is obligated “not to consider new agreements” after the latter recently a signed controversial hydrocarbons deal with Turkey. Breaking:@StateDept we note that Libya’s interim government is obligated under the provisions of the Libya Political Dialogue Forum roadmap not to consider new agreements that harm the stability of foreign relations of the Libyan State or impose long-term obligations on it. — Lena Argiri (@lenaargiri) October 4, 2022The deal sparked wide controversy and angered Libyan and international actors who deemed the agreement as “illegal”. Libya’s parliament have quickly rejected deal, declaring that Dbeibeh’s government is unauthorized to broker long-term agreements with international parties since its mandate had expired. The European Union have declared that Turkey’s agreement with Libya is “against Law of the Sea and infringes on third states’ rights.”

Source: Libya Today October 05, 2022 17:00 UTC