Libya : Turkey Urged To Withdraw Troops
Libya’s Foreign Minister, Najla al-Manqoush has called for the departure of f
oreign forces and mercenaries from Libya as it heads toward elections later this year. On Monday, May 3, 2021, the top diplomat of the interim government urged Turkey to implement
U.N. Security Council resolutions demanding the repatriation of more than 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya. Her remarks came during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister,
Mevlut Cavusoglu, who was visiting the capital Tripoli alongside Defense Minister
Hulusi Akar and other top military and intelligence officials. “We call on Turkey to take steps to implement all the provisions of the Security Council resolutions and to cooperate together to expel all foreign forces and mercenaries from the Libyan territories,” she said.Lire aussi : Union africaine – CEEAC : concertation sur le Tchad
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According to Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, Greece “will achieve nothing” and “constantly makes mistakes.”
“Unfortunately, no matter how much goodwill we show, our Greek neighbours provoke huge events, increase tension and use provocative and threatening language,” he said today when speaking at the Gölcük Naval Base.
“They will not end up anywhere, unfortunately, they will constantly make mistakes,” he said, without referring to any “mistakes” Greece has made.
He emphasised that “with our stand in the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus, we paved the way for a political solution.”
Last Updated On: May 07 2021 09:06 Gmt+3
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.
Last Updated On: May 06 2021 05:58 Gmt+3
Turkey and Egypt are holding two days of exploratory meetings as part of cautious attempts to mend ties strained by conflicting positions on the Muslim Brotherhood and the war in Libya.
The two countries’ deputy foreign ministers are leading the talks in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. These exploratory discussions will focus on the necessary steps that may lead towards the normalisation of relations between the two countries, bilaterally and in the regional context, the foreign ministries of both countries said on Tuesday.
The two regional rivals have clashed over the Muslim Brotherhood - Turkey hosts many of its senior leaders - and support opposing sides in the war in Libya. Relations took a nose-dive in 2013, when Egypt’s army, led by former military commander and current President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, toppled the democratically elected Muslim Brotherhood government and executed and imprisoned many of its representatives.
Libya urges Turkey to withdraw its 20,000 foreign fighters
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Najla al-Manqoush, the foreign minister of Libya s interim government, urged Turkey to implement UN Security Council resolutions demanding the repatriation of more than 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya, Ekathimerini reports. We call on [Turkey] to take steps to implement all the provisions of … the Security Council resolutions and to cooperate together to expel all foreign forces and mercenaries from the Libyan territories, she said.
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