He underlined that sanctions and embargoes would not harm Turkey given that the country had alternatives and diversity especially in the defense industry. he asked and noted that the previous negative attitude of the US on Turkey led to Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missiles. "As for the F-35s, Turkey evaluates alternatives, and is not confined to any other country including the US," he asserted. The parliament speaker underlined that Turkey was not in a two-polar world order of the 20th century, the country always had alternatives in today's multi-polar political environment across the world. Referring to the Turkish-Libyan military pact and its ratification by the parliament, Sentop said: "In fact, this [agreement] is like the continuation of the previous agreement Turkey reached with Libya regarding the exclusive economic zone."

Source: Libya Today December 22, 2019 12:22 UTC