The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called during a visit to Tunisia for allowing Tunis, Algeria, and Qatar to be part of Berlin conference on the Libyan crisis. Erdogan added in a joint presser with the Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday that he is certain that Tunis will provide valuable assistance in the efforts to stabilize Libya. He also said that there are 5000 Sudanese mercenaries plus Russian troops in Libya, saying they are illegally present in the country as Haftar's forces are an illegitimate body. Saied, meanwhile; said the MoU in maritime cooperation between Libya and Turkey doesn't include Tunisian waters, adding that he discussed with Erdogan the initiative proposed by Tunis to resolve the conflict in Libya. Earlier, the advisor of the Tunisian Presidency Rachida Al-Nefer said on Saturday that the Tunisian President was going to activate an initiative to resolve the Libyan crisis.

Source: Libya Observer December 25, 2019 19:07 UTC