Ömer Çelik: Libya's House of Representatives approval confirms Türkiye's legal rightfulness

AK Party spokesperson Ömer Çelik said the Libyan House of Representatives' ratification of the maritime jurisdiction agreement signed with Türkiye confirmed Türkiye's historical and legal rightfulness. In a post on his social media account, Çelik said the agreement rests on solid legal foundations for protecting the rights of both Türkiye and Libya.

Çelik said statements and imposing approaches that ignore facts on the ground and legal principles are invalid. Under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he said, Türkiye would strongly defend its rights in the Blue Homeland and the rights of the brotherly Libyan people. He added that illegitimate initiatives denying the rights of Türkiye and Libya in the Eastern Mediterranean would not succeed.

The House of Representatives, meeting in Benghazi, unanimously approved the 2019 memorandum of understanding with the Government of National Accord on delimiting maritime jurisdiction zones, according to a statement. It also unanimously annulled its 2020 Decision No. 1, which had rejected approval of two memoranda signed between the Government of National Accord and the Turkish government.