Israel attacks Türkiye after the eastern Libyan parliament ratified the maritime border agreement

On Wednesday, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Libyan House of Representatives in the east of the country’s ratification of the memorandum of understanding regarding the maritime borders signed with Turkey in 2019, which also sparked Egyptian and Greek criticism. The ministry said in a brief statement on its account on the

The statement continued: “What is regrettable is that we once again see Türkiye seeking to destabilize the eastern Mediterranean region.” The Libyan House of Representatives in the east of the country voted on Tuesday in favor of adopting the memorandum of understanding signed between the Government of National Accord and Turkey.

House of Representatives spokesman, Abdullah Belhaq, said on his Facebook account: “The House of Representatives voted unanimously to adopt the memorandum of understanding signed between the Government of National Accord and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on defining areas of maritime jurisdiction in the Mediterranean Sea.” He also added that the Council voted unanimously "to cancel House of Representatives Resolution No. (1) of 2020 AD regarding refusing to ratify the two memorandums of understanding concluded between the Government of National Accord and the Turkish government and House of Representatives Resolution No. (6) of 2020 AD regarding severing political relations with the Republic of Turkey."

The Libyan House of Representatives elected Al-Salehin Abdul Nabi as the new Speaker of the Council during a session on the 7th of this month, succeeding its former Speaker Aguila Saleh. In 2019, the former Government of National Accord in Tripoli signed a memorandum of understanding with Türkiye, which sparked official protests from Egypt and Greece and reached the corridors of the United Nations via protest notes.

The Libyan House of Representatives refused to adopt the memorandum over the years when Aguila Saleh was at the head of the legislative authority, before it was approved in Tuesday’s session. The Council's decision comes within a remarkable rapprochement between Türkiye and the authorities in eastern Libya, accompanied by the conclusion of many cooperation agreements.

It is noteworthy that during the campaign of eastern Libyan forces against Tripoli in 2019, the Government of National Accord received political and military support from Ankara.