Turkey - Q&A (Oct.7, 2022)

What is France’s reaction to the information indicating that Turkey and the Libyan Government of National Unity have signed an agreement on hydrocarbons based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on Delimitation of the Maritime Jurisdiction Areas in the Mediterranean?

France has taken note of this information. As other European partners and the European External Action Service have indicated, our position on the 2019 memorandum of understanding signed by Turkey and the Libyan Government of National Unity remains unchanged. The MOU infringes upon the sovereign rights