Turkey's Foreign Ministry welcomed Libya's decision to approve the 2019 memorandum on delimiting maritime zones with Ankara. The ministry issued its statement on October 20 after Libya approved the agreement. Ankara said the memorandum had been drawn up in accordance with international law and the principle of good faith. The document is intended to establish a maritime boundary between the two countries. The report did not reproduce the wording of Libya's approval or identify every institution involved in the decision. The Turkish statement also stopped short, in the excerpt, of announcing what practical measures would follow.