By Renaud Girard
Posted yesterday at 20:01, updated 5 hours ago
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Tripoli on October 3, 2022. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP
CHRONICLE – The October 3rd Turkish-Libyan deal on hydrocarbons is a strategic challenge for the EU.
On Monday, October 3, 2022, a senior Turkish ministerial delegation (foreign, energy and defense ministers) traveled to Tripoli, the Libyan capital whose calm has frequently been disturbed by fierce fighting between rivals since the Western overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011 militias.
For the Turks, the game was worth the candle. Libya’s interim government of Abdelhamid Dbeibah has signed an operational memorandum with them to prepare for oil and gas exploration of the rich continental shelf that connects the two countries beneath the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) activates the agreement in principle signed on November 27, 2019 in Ankara between Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan and Fayez al-Sarraj, the UN-recognized head of the Libyan government.
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