Baku:Ankara Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan engaged in separate phone calls with Abdulhamid Dibeybe, the Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity, and Saddam Haftar, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army, following the approval of a significant maritime deal between Turkey and Libya.

According to Anadolu Agency – English, Fidan expressed gratitude to both Dibeybe and Haftar for the Libyan House of Representatives' adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Delimitation of Maritime Jurisdiction Areas between Turkey and Libya.

The Libyan House of Representatives approved the maritime jurisdiction agreement with Turkey, overturning its previous rejection of the deal. Turkey and Libya had initially signed this delimitation agreement in November 2019, which established the boundaries of their respective maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean Sea.