An armed group affiliated with Tripoli-based militant Ghniwa Alkkli announced on Wednesday that it reject being integrated to the Interior Ministry, as demanded by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee.
Commander of the Western Military District of the former Government of National Accord (GNA), Osama Juwaili, announced his “categorical” rejection of the request of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) addressed to the House of Representatives (HoR), the Presidential Council and the Government of National Unity (GNU) to “freeze military agreements and memorandums of understanding with any country as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed in Geneva.
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Members of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee met on Monday with Turkish officers whom are currently based in Mitiga military base in Tripoli, according to local press report.
The High Council of State (HCS) has criticized the statement released by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee, in which the committee called on the Libyan government to freeze military deals with all foreign countries, including Turkey.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met in Algiers on Sunday to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and issues of mutual concern.
The 5+5 Joint Military Committee has agreed on an “emergency plan” for the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces. It also made an official request to the Government of National Unity and the Presidential Council to “freeze military agreements and memorandums of understanding with any country as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed in Geneva”.
U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, visited Ankara on August 12 and 13 for productive consultations with senior Turkish officials in furtherance of U.S. efforts to support Libyan parliamentary and presidential elections in December, according to U.S. Embassy in Libya.
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The Turkish Armed Forces have deployed a monitoring military unit backed by surveillance planes on the Libyan border with Tunisia after the recent events in Tunisia, an informed source said.
Turkish President, Recep Erdogan, demanded the Prime Minister of the of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who is visiting Istanbul these days, to pay an amount of 5 billion dinars ($3.8 billion), as “debts owed from previous years, according to press sources.
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