Trump warns Turkey against 'interference' after Libya voteTurkey aims to provide support for the Libyan Government of National AccordANKARA - Turkey's parliament has approved the deployment of troops to Libya aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli, sparking a blunt warning from US President Donald Trump against any "foreign interference" in the war-torn country. In response to the prospect that Ankara might intervene after Thursday's vote, Trump had told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a call "that foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement. Egypt also strongly condemned the Turkish vote, saying it amounted to a "flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolutions on Libya", while Israel, Cyprus and Greece denounced a "dangerous threat to regional stability". Libya's elected parliament in the east -- allied with Haftar -- called Turkey's prospective military intervention "high treason". Jordan and the UAE regularly supply Haftar's forces, it said, while Turkey supports the GNA.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2020 02:26 UTC