Libya’s Tripoli govt signs deals with Turkey

Описание: (3 Oct 2022)
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Tripoli - 3 October 2022
1. Various of news conference with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Najla Mangoush, Libyan Foreign Minister:
"We stress the need for the international community to carry out its duties towards Libya more seriously and with more awareness, and to deal firmly (with) and firmly against the countries obstructing the peaceful and democratic process in Libya."
3. Various of media during news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister:
"First of all, the Hydrocarbon Agreement that we just signed aims to allow cooperation between Turkish companies and Libyan companies (in areas) such as exploration and drilling with a "win-win" understanding in our maritime jurisdictions both on land and at sea."
5. Various of journalist asking question
6. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister:
"The gas agreement is currently being negotiated between our energy ministries, we will announce its content after it is signed, let's get a full agreement. But it will be an agreement that aims (to achieve) cooperation between the two countries in the gas sector."
7. Journalists and media during news conference
STORYLINE:
One of Libya's rival governments signed preliminary economic and maritime deals with Turkey on Monday, in a move that has inflamed tensions between it and the North African country's other administration.
The deals, signed by Turkey's foreign minister, Najla Mangoush, with the Tripoli-based Libyan government, signal a strengthening of ties amid repeated international calls for elections to resolve the country's political divide.
Mangoush said that both delegations agreed to mobilise international efforts on a roadmap for Libyan elections.
"We stress the need for the international community to carry out its duties towards Libya more seriously and with more awareness, and to deal firmly (with) and firmly against the countries obstructing the peaceful and democratic process in Libya," she said.
Monday's memorandums of understanding paves the way for further bilateral cooperation in the hydrocarbon and oil sectors.
A gas deal is also expected, confirmed Turkey's Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, during a news conference that followed the signings.
Libya has been mired in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
For years the country has been split between rival administrations, one based in the east and one in the west, each supported by rogue militias and foreign governments.
The past months have seen an uptick in deadly militia clashes.
Turkey has been a prominent backer of Libya's Tripoli-based government, headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
In 2019, Turkey also signed a controversial maritime border deal with the former Tripoli-based administration, granting it access to a contested economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The deal re-ignited Turkey’s pre-existing tensions with Greece, Cyprus and Egypt over oil and gas drilling rights.
  
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