Turkey supports The GNA, recognized by the united Nations, in the face of the dissident forces of marshal Haftar, supported mainly by Russia and the united arab Emirates.
Turkey sets its terms and conditions in Libya. The spokesman of the Turkish presidency said that the establishment of a cease-fire is sustainable in Libya would be through the withdrawal of the strategic city of Sirte-forces of the strong man of the East, Khalifa Haftar. Ankara is one of the main supports of the government of Tripoli.
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In an interview with Agence France-Presse, the spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, has also accused France of “endangering the security” of Nato in supporting, according to him, in the conflict in Libya, the forces of marshal Haftar. “A ceasefire must be sustainable, which means that the other party, the LNA (the libyan national Army) of Haftar must not be in a position to throw when she wants a new attack against the legitimate government,” said Ibrahim Kalin.
Support for the RNG
“at this stage, the RNG (the national unity government in Tripoli) believes, and we support them in this, that all parties must return to their positions in 2015 when the political agreement in libya Skhirat (Morocco) has been signed, which means that the forces of Haftar must withdraw from Sirte and al-Joufra”, more to the south a-t-he added.
The strengths of the RNG, after having resumed at the beginning of June the control of the whole of the north-west of the country with the support of Turkey, remain hampered in their advance towards Sirte, a strategic city in the direction of the East, under control of the marshal Haftar.
Discussions between Ankara and Moscow
the hometown of the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Sirte, located 450 km east of Tripoli, was later a stronghold of the group jihadist islamic State (EI), before being resumed in 2016 by the RNG. It fell in January last in the hands of the camp of marshal Haftar.
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Turkey supports The GNA Fayez al-Sarraj, recognized by the united Nations, in the face of the dissident forces of marshal Haftar, supported by Russia, Egypt and the united arab Emirates. Ankara and Moscow are currently discussing to try to reach a cease-fire in Libya, in spite of the cancellation in mid-June due to apparent differences of a visit to Istanbul two Russian ministers.
France violently criticized
The spokesperson of the presidential turkey is also violently taken from France, which they accused of supporting the marshal Haftar, but that criticism with a vengeance the intervention of Turkey to the sides of the RNG. “In Libya we are supporting the legitimate government and the French government supports a war chief as illegitimate and thus puts in danger the security of Nato, security in the Mediterranean region, security in north Africa and stability in Libya,” he said.
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“in Spite of all this, they (French officials) continue to criticize. But we are working with legitimate players and that is the France that works with bad actors, and the elements were illegitimate, while we are pointing the finger. It makes no sense”‘, he added.
critics of Ibrahim Kalin occurs a few days after France condemned the behaviour as “extremely aggressive” of Turkey, also a member of Nato, against a French frigate engaged in the mission Irini in the Mediterranean in an attempt to control a cargo ship suspected of carrying arms to Libya. Nato on Thursday announced the opening of an investigation on this incident.
The united arab Emirates also referred to
Ibrahim Kalin is also taken in the united arab Emirates, which, according to him, “to fund the war and use of Haftar as a mercenary”. He has qualified of “ridiculous” the recurrent attacks of the Emirates against the role played by Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the arab-muslim world”. “We have no agenda against the Uae, but oddly enough they seem to be obsessed with Turkey, and our president and look for opportunities to attack and denigrate”, he added.
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On the other hand, Ibrahim Kalin has shown to be less virulent with respect to Egypt, claiming to understand “his security concerns because of the long border it shares with Libya”, while inviting him to abandon the marshal Haftar, and support the government of Tripoli.
