CAIRO – 16 July 2020: The General Command of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces released a statement Thursday hailing the Libyan people for their sacrifices, and steadfastness and continuous support of the armed forces. The statement ensured that the Libyan people supported the Libya Armed Forces in its successive statements, in which it announced adherence to its national principles, awareness, and absolute rejection of Turkey’s ambitions to expand to extend its influence over the country. The statement further went on explaining Turkey’s “aggressive colonial motives” in the Arab region “to plunder our wealth, and address [Turkish] suffocating economic crises, in a blatant evocation of the will of the Libyan people, national sovereignty, after traitors opened the way for [Turkey] to capture our lands, desecrate our pure soil by direct military intervention and send mercenaries and terrorist fighters of different global terrorist organizations in a shameful deal.”“We salute our heroic patriotic army for its valiant response to the brutal Turkish colonialism, and to make the greatest sacrifices in defense of the homeland and the Libyan dignity and capabilities,” read the statement. “We salute the angry civil popular movement in Tunisia, which stands by the Libyan people side, and bravely confronts any suspicious move aimed at harming their Libyan brothers,” added the statement. The statement also called on all Arab countries, peoples and governments – and neighboring countries and the rest of the world seeking peace, not to hesitate in supporting the Libyan national army in its fateful battle against terrorism.”It concluded assuring that the battle against terrorism, mercenaries, and Turkish ambitions will not stop until the entire Libyan soil is liberated and national sovereignty achieved.

Source: Libya Today July 16, 2020 18:33 UTC