With information from Anadolu – Ankara – Turkey
In a move that reminds us of the Turkish-Russian alliance in Syria the last 6 years, Turkey announced today, that it agreed with Russia, that the Libyan conflict would not be resolved through military means and that it could only be settled through a UN-facilitated, Libyan-led-and-owned political process!!!
In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Turkey and Russia, would continue joint efforts, including encouraging the Libyan sides to the conflict, to create “conditions for a lasting and sustainable ceasefire.”
The Turkish ministry said that in high-level consultations, Ankara and Moscow agreed to facilitate the “advancement of the intra-Libyan political dialogue” in line with the 2020 Berlin Conference on Libya and in coordination with the UN. Reminder, that this specific Berlin agreement is being violated by the Turks for months.
In January, a conference took place in Berlin Germany, in order to start a political process and reach a permanent cease-fire in Libya. Global powers and regional actors expressed commitment to support a cease-fire, respect arms embargo and support the UN-facilitated political process. Reminder, that mainly Turkey, never respected arms embargo
The two countries, Russia and Turkey, will call on the Libyan parties to take measures for the “safe humanitarian access and delivery of urgent assistance to all those in need” and will “consider” creating a Joint Working Group on Libya. Similar declarations and agreements between Turkey and Russia, we had when the two countries allied and finally took control of Syria.
It added that they would convene the next round of consultations in Moscow in “the near future.”
Reaffirming their “strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Libya,” they underlined the necessity to “combat terrorist individuals and entities.”
They also reaffirmed their determination to continue talks to achieve security and stability in the North African country and improve the humanitarian situation there.
