Eastern Libya’s unanimous U-turn hands Ankara a Mediterranean gas gateway and erases Crete from the map
For years, Libya’s eastern parliament treated Turkey’s maritime pact as a betrayal. On Oct. 20, it embraced the agreement without a single dissenting vote. The House of Representatives, the legislature, aligned with military commander Khalifa Haftar, and unanimously approved the 2019 memorandum that draws a sea border between Turkey and Libya straight through waters that Greece, Cyprus and Egypt claim for themselves. Haftar’s son calls the decision “a move toward overcoming disputes of the past.” A harder look reveals something colder: a quiet transfer of leverage, in which Ankara collects signatures from both Libyan camps, a path to offshore gas and a foothold in the east, while Europe answers with communiques.
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