“Obviously Mr. Dbeiba is trying to compare two completely different situations, one which is entirely legal and one which is illegal, void and non-existent,” said the same sources.
Yesterday’s statements by the head of the government of Tripoli, regarding the signing of the memorandum between his government and Turkey, are at least unfortunate, as he tries to compare two completely different situations, diplomatic sources in Athens said today.
During his speech yesterday evening, the head of the government of Tripoli, Abdulhamid Dbeiba, referred to a difference that Libya has with Greece regarding the definition of the EEZ between the two countries and then added that Libya will conduct investigations based on turkish-libyan “memorandum” and that his side will not cede the rights of Libya, the same sources said, adding:
“Obviously Mr Dbeiba is trying to compare two completely different situations, one which is entirely legal and one which is illegal, void and non-existent.
In particular, until the beginning of 2011, negotiations continued between Greece and Libya on the definition of the EEZ, negotiations based on the International Law of the Sea, which had advanced a long way and a small difference remained to be bridged. The said negotiations, as is known, were interrupted due to the overthrow of the regime in Tripoli.
Almost a decade later, in 2019, the then government of Tripoli confessed to Turkey a legal and political monstrosity, which was a clear violation of fundamental rules of the International Law of the Sea, as it ignored the existence of the Greek islands, such as Crete!
The said ‘memorandum’ was condemned by a number of states, including all EU member countries. Also, it was never ratified by the Libyan Parliament.
There is no measure of comparison between the two cases, and no one has the right to try to justify an illegality by invoking something that has nothing to do with it.
Finally, it is held that both the Libyan Parliament, more than half of the members of the Supreme Council of State, as well as the official head of the Libyan National Oil Company condemned the recent memorandum, stressing that it is illegal, non-existent and non-binding for the Libya.
Similar public statements have been made by, among others, the European Union, the USA, Germany and Egypt”.
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