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Turkey’s foreign minister yesterday reiterated his country’s support for Libya following the Libya conference in Berlin, Anadolu Agency reported.
“Attended Second Berlin Conference on #Libya … Emphasized that we will continue to support peace, security, stability and sovereignty of Libya,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter.
Attended Second Berlin Conference on #Libya, held in Berlin co-hosted by @UN and Germany.
Emphasized that we will continue to support peace, security, stability and sovereignty of Libya.#Berlin2Libya pic.twitter.com/P29BRGbgWy
— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) June 23, 2021
Representatives of Libya’s interim government joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as the foreign ministers of France, Egypt and Turkey at the United Nations-sponsored talks in Berlin.
Turkey has troops in Tripoli, which it argues were sent under a bilateral agreement with the government, implying that they are not affected by a request for foreign troops to leave.
Last month, Mohamed al-Menfi, the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, emphasized the importance of strengthening military relations with Turkey.
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