Turkish troops arrive in Libya

11:03, 18.01.2020

Turkish troops arrived in Libya in support of the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV Company reported.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced about Turkey’s decision to send its troops to Libya on January 16, days before a summit in Berlin which will address the Libyan conflict.

Last week, Turkey and Russia urged Libya’s warring parties to declare a ceasefire. However, despite talks in Moscow aimed at halting Khalifa Haftar’s months-long campaign to seize the Libyan capital, the two sides were unable to reach an agreement when Haftar failed to sign a binding truce on Monday.

Turkey, which backs Fayez al-Serraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA), has previously said that it sent a training and cooperation team which is now active in Libya.

On Thursday, Erdogan said Turkey was starting the deployment of its troops to Libya and that it would use all its diplomatic and military means to ensure stability to its south.

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