Turkey and Libya recently signed an agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean including the designation of an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). After years of deliberations, the 1982 United Nations convention was signed regulating maritime boundaries and defining "Exclusive Economic Zones." Exclusive Economic Zones are at the center of debate on the extent of exclusive rights some of the coastline countries have assumed. But today, a different policy is emerging from coastline countries that are attempting to increase their authority over the EZZs and increasingly regard them as part of their territorial waters. In practical terms, Turkey created a sea border the width of the entire Mediterranean.

Source: Libya Today December 27, 2019 23:15 UTC