Kallas Raises Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal with Fidan, Reaffirms EU Stance

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas raised Libya’s parliamentary approval of the 2019 maritime agreement with Turkey during talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Brussels on Wednesday, reiterating the bloc’s objection to the deal.

I had an extensive discussion with my colleague @HakanFidan on a range of issues.

Good neighbourly relations and advancing the Cyprus settlement process are of high importance. I raised yesterday’s Libyan vote on a maritime MoU with Türkiye and stressed that it infringes upon the sovereign rights of third states.

On Russia’s dangerous Black Sea escalation, I emphasised the need to step up the pressure on Moscow to end the war. The EU and Türkiye both support a Black Sea freedom of navigation arrangement.

We also addressed developments in the South Caucasus and across the Middle East. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen are textbook terror tactics and must end. In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is making shipping dangerous and expensive. Freedom of navigation must be restored without tolls or fees.

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