Turkey is to send troops to Libya at the request of the country's government as soon as next month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said
Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord has been struggling to fend off General Khalifa Haftar's forces from eastern Libya, which have been supported by Russia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
The Chinese-made drones have given Mr Haftar "local air superiority" as they can carry over eight times the weight of explosives than the drones given to the GNA by Turkey and can also cover the whole of Libya, a UN report said in November. "Since there is an invitation right now, we will accept it," Mr Erdogan told members of his AK Party in a speech. "We will put the bill on sending troops to Libya on the agenda as soon as parliament opens."For weeks Turkey has flagged the possibility of a military mission in Libya, which would further stretch its armed forces less than three months after it launched an incursion into northeastern Syria against a Kurdish militia.
This afternoon Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte agreed that the situation in Libya must be resolved in a peaceful way, the Kremlin said. "Russia is there with 2,000 Wagner ," Mr Erdogan said, also referring to some 5,000 fighters from Sudan in Libya. "Is the official government inviting them? No."
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