DM Monitoring
ANKARA:Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and his Qatari counterpart Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah paid a visit to Tripoli of Libya on Monday, Turkey’s defense ministry said.
“We believe that we’ll get desired results by supporting our Libyan brothers in their rightly cause,” Akar said in a statement during the visit, according to a video tweeted by the Turkish defense ministry. “For the unity, integrity, comfort, and peace of Libya, we have made every effort to make a ceasefire permanent to realize its existence as a whole, and we will continue to do so. Our Qatari brothers are also with us in this regard,” said Akar following the delegation’s meeting with Libyan officials. Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler accompanied Akar to Libya. Last year, Ankara signed security and military cooperation agreement, as well as a maritime boundary memorandum with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya and sent troops to the country under the deal.
Libya has been locked in a civil war since the ouster and killing of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and has been divided between the powers of GNA and the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar.
