Libya's east-based army detains ship with Turkish crew

CAIRO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Libya's east-based army has seized a Grenada-flagged ship with a Turkish crew off the Libyan coast, local media reported Sunday.

"A vessel under the flag of Grenada, with a team of Turkish citizens on board, was detained," the army's press service was quoted by local media as saying.

The news comes amid growing cooperation between Ankara and Tripoli.

The UN-backed government of Libya on Thursday decided to activate two security memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with Turkey on Nov. 27.

One of the two MoUs is a maritime boundary deal that covers areas also claimed by Greece.

Turkey's parliament on Saturday passed a security and military cooperation deal signed with the UN-backed Libyan government.