The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, met Thursday Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan.
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An official Turkish delegation headed by Deputy Intelligence Service Jamal al-Din Çelik, accompanied by a representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry visited Misurata and met with dignitaries and activists of the city and its municipal council.
Libya’s outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was urged by Turkey to peacefully give up power after he was ousted by the Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan TV channel Al-Masar reports.
The Chairman of High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri, held talks on Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara.
The Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri, was hosted by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara today for talks on the situation in Libya, announced the Turkish top diplomat.
The Libyan Government denied that Turkey sent an envoy to Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, according to the Government’s Media and Communication Department.
The consulate general of Turkey in the city of Benghazi will return to provide services if conditions in the eastern region make it possible, Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, said on Wednesday.
Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, accompanied by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Council, Abdulla al-Lafi, met Tuesday in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish troops in Libya continue to provide training for military forces affiliated with the Government of National Unity, as per a statement of the Tripoli-based government’s Army Staff.
Armed groups loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh have 12 hours to leave Tripoli’s International Airport as per the orders of the Turkish military mission present in the capital, a source close to the leader of the Turkish mission tells The Libya Update.