The President of the Supreme Council of the State of Libya, Khalid Al-Misri, who met with journalists in Istanbul as part of his visit to Turkey, said that it is legal for Turkey to be in Libya. Ο Libyan official also revealed his expectations for the Libya and the eastern Mediterranean after the elections scheduled for December.
Mishri stressed to Turkish Sputnik that the brotherhood bond between the Turkey and of Libyan countries is based primarily on Islam, but they also share a common history and a common past. «When the Cyprus was on the agenda, Libya was one of the first countries to accept the existence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,» he said.
Turkish-Libyan memorandum
Referring to the Turkish-Libyan memorandum on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Mediterranean, signed between Libya and Turkey on 27 November 2019, stated that both countries can claim rights to natural resources in the Mediterranean.
