Turkish military officers have installed an air defense and jamming system inside the Military Industrialization Factory in the western city of Bani Walid, sources told Libyan TV channel 218.
Informed sources confirmed that the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Siddiq Al-Kabir, had been seeking for some time to open the file of compensation for Turkish companies without even requiring them to resume work in exchange for successive compensation payments.
Samuel Werberg, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said on Saturday that the presence of foreign forces and mercenaries in Libya is the biggest obstacle to the peace process in the country, calling on Turkey and Russia to withdraw their fighters.
Libyan journalist Mahmud El-Forjani said the absence of Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush from the Security Council session held today to discuss the situation in Libya “is a fault committed by the National Unity Government headed by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba.”
Samuel Werberg, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said on Monday that all foreign forces must leave Libya, adding that Turkish forces are not an exception to that.
Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar discussed on Tuesday the situation in Libya, among other issues of mutual concern during a meeting in Istanbul, according to the Turkish defense ministry.
Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, said on Wednesday that he doesn’t accept the “presence of any foreign military powers or bases in Libya”, calling the security deal signed between Turkey and the former Libyan government “unconstitutional” and “null”.
A Turkish Air Force plane landed in Libya’s Al-Watiyah airbase on Wednesday, according to ItaMilRadar, a website which tracks movements of military airplanes over the Mediterranean.
Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned, through its official Spokesman, Tango Bilgic, what it described as “ugly act” that touched the Turkish flag during the Libyan Parliament’s session for the annual budget in Tobruk.
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