Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, putting the north African country’s conflict at the centre of wider regional frictions.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by Tunisia's President Kais Saied at the airport in Tunis, Tunisia, December 25, 2019.
“Since there is an invitation right now, we will accept it,” Erdogan told members of his AK Party in a speech. Turkey has already sent military supplies to the GNA despite the United Nations arms embargo, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters last month. “Russia is there with 2,000 Wagner ,” Erdogan said on Thursday, also referring to some 5,000 fighters from Sudan in Libya.“They are all helping a war baron , whereas we are accepting an invitation from the legitimate government of the country. That is our difference,” he added.
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