The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said his government is going to send Turkey an official request for military support to fight the mercenaries fighting for Khalifa Haftar, who gave foreign countries airbases inside Libya. In a presser in Tunisia on Thursday, Bashagha said there will be massive cooperation between Libya and Turkey as well as Tunisia and Algeria to protect the people and secure the countries. "We welcome any initiatives that aim to bring all Libyans together but they must be under the auspices of the UN." Bashagha said commenting on the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Tunisian President Kais Saied, who both reiterated support for the Presidential Council's government. Bashagha denounced as well the offensive on Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar's forces, saying it had left so far thousands of casualties and displaced thousands of people, accusing several countries of supporting Haftar's Tripoli offensive.

Source: Libya Observer December 26, 2019 18:22 UTC