Turkey Says Foreign Mercenaries Should Leave Libya, but It Has Accord with Libyan Govt
Turkey and Germany agree that all foreign mercenaries in Libya need to leave the country, but Ankara has a bilateral agreement with the Libyan government for its troops to be stationed there, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the withdrawal of
foreign troops from Libya would be an "important signal" as both
leaders vowed to support the new interim government, a German government spokesman
said.
Speaking at a news conference with
his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Berlin, Cavusoglu said Turkish troops in
Libya were there under agreement with Libya's previous Government of National
Accord and should not be confused with the foreign mercenaries stationed there.
