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Libyan Parliament approves Turkey-Libya memorandum, and reactions

52 outlets · 216 articles · Greek title: Βουλή της Λιβύης εγκρίνει το τουρκολιβυκό μνημόνιο και αντιδράσεις

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What happened

What the sources report

The House of Representatives of Libya, based in eastern Libya, approved the Turkey-Libya memorandum on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, which it had previously rejected. Efimerida ton Syntakton

In the same procedure, the Parliament annulled its 2020 decisions, by which it had rejected ratification of the two memoranda and severed political relations with Turkey. Star

The memorandum was signed in November 2019, and Athens disputes its legality. Efimerida ton Syntakton

The Greek Foreign Ministry spoke of an "illegal, void and non-existent" memorandum and said the decision does not change its nature. Efimerida ton Syntakton

The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council stressed in a joint statement that the agreement is "void and invalid". iEidiseis

Where they differ

Kathimerini reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held phone calls with Dbeibah and Saddam Haftar. Kathimerini

Ta Nea reports that the head of Turkish intelligence services, İbrahim Kalın, travelled to Tripoli and met Dbeibah to express thanks. Ta Nea

Machine-translated by AI (Claude) from our Greek summary, which AI wrote from the outlets’ articles and which a person checks by sampling. It may contain errors; check the sources.

How each side headlined it

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