Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh requested an increase in the number of Turkish troops placed in Libya during a closed-door meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul two days ago, Libyan T.V channel 218 reports.
Citing an anonymous source, 218 channel also reported that the two leaders agreed to send a new batch of Libyan security personnel to the Military Academy in Isparta for training.
The two leaders had extensive talks about the Libyan elections and shared a common concern over the recent security deterioration in Libya’s western region, 218 channel reported.
They also agreed to hold a Libyan-Turkish meeting in the second half of November to discuss the activation of the maritime deal signed between the two countries in 2019, according to 218 channel.