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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Manqoush holds a joint press conference with her Turkiish counterpart in Tripoli on Monday. (AFP) Ankara - Saeed Abdulrazek
Turkey delivered a firm and frank message to Libya’s new Government of National Unity (GNU), saying it was commitment to its military presence in the country in spite of calls for it to quit.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that the military presence was aimed at “protecting the rights and interests of Libyans.” It was also aimed at “helping them” and “protecting Turkey’s interests in the Eastern Mediterranean.”
At the same time, he also underscored the importance of Libya’s sovereignty and independence.
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No top-ranking Turkish official seems to have been left out of the high-level delegation that visited Tripoli to meet Libyan officials on Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dispatched Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan and Chief of Staff Yaşar Güler to Tripoli to inform Libyan officials and regional countries that the Turkish intervention in Libya was not an accident and that Turkey is there to stay.
Çavuşoğlu’s statements, in response to the call by his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Manqoush for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, carried hints of Turkey’s rejection of military withdrawal from Libya.
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The head of the Libyan National Unity Government will visit Turkey on Monday for talks, a government spokesperson told Anadolu Agency late Saturday. Mohammed Hammude said a high-level delegation le.