The letter also points out that, following the agreement between Turkey and Libya to delimit areas of maritime jurisdiction, a similar agreement between Greece and Egypt in the said area is “null and void”.
Turkey and Libya sent a joint letter to the UN, in which they claim that the agreement between Greece and Egypt is invalid.
As Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul, the letter states that Greece has no right to maritime jurisdiction over islands, islets and islets. They also state that Libya has the right to sign agreements.
The Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN Feridun Sinirlioglu and Libya’s permanent representative to the UN Taher El Soni they responded with a joint letter to Greece.
In the letter sent to the UN Secretariat, it is emphasized that Greece is trying to “undermine” the legitimacy of the Libyan government with “baseless claims and arguments”.
The letter stated that the Government of National Unity of Libya, contrary to Greece’s claims, has the power to enter into and terminate international agreements and that its laws authorize the government to enter into agreements with other states.
The letter points out that there is no legal basis for Greece’s claims that the agreement signed by Libya and Turkey in the field of hydrocarbons conflicts with the UN-supervised political process.
The letter underlined that Greece deliberately ignored the agreements concluded by several states, including the European Union, with the Libyan government in the fields of energy, infrastructure and economy, and that no country, including Greece, could interfere with the agreements between sovereign states.
It is also noted that the agreement between Turkey and Libya on the delimitation of areas of maritime jurisdiction, signed on November 27, 2019, was recorded in accordance with Article 102 of the UN Convention and a just solution was achieved under international law, stating that Greece’s claims that said agreement violated its sovereign rights cannot be accepted.
The letter also points out that, following the agreement between Turkey and Libya on the delimitation of areas of maritime jurisdiction, the similar agreement between Greece and Egypt in the area in question is “null and void”.
In the letter, which states that Greece ignores the sovereign rights of Turkey and Libya with its expansive claims to maritime jurisdiction in the region and interprets maritime law and international law as it sees fit, “Greece ignores the principle of equality in demarcation. of maritime jurisdictions and the location, size, economic life.
It behaves like an archipelagic state that breaks the law by demanding that maritime jurisdictions be given to islands, islets and rocks, regardless of whether or not they have viability or economic life.
In the letter, which states that the agreements signed between Turkey and Libya on the delimitation of hydrocarbons and maritime jurisdictions do not violate either international law or Greece’s sovereign rights, the letter points out that Greece is trying to “discredit” Libya and the Turkey’s efforts to promote dialogue. in the Mediterranean at the UN. was done.
Turkey and Libya called on Greece “to end baseless accusations, hostile rhetoric and actions that escalate tension and respect the sovereign decisions of the two neighboring countries.”
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