Erdogan Says May Send Troops to Libya if RequestedTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Reuters)Asharq Al-AwsatPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday that he may deploy Turkish troops to Libya if the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) requested it. The area where Turkey and Libya have drawn their maritime borders in the accord is not far south of the large Greek island of Crete. “Other international actors cannot carry out exploration operations in these areas Turkey drew (up) with this accord without getting permission. Greek Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel cannot establish a gas transmission line without first getting permission from Turkey,” Erdogan said.

Source: Libya Today December 10, 2019 06:33 UTC