Turkey expresses support for UN action plan in Libya
Turkey backs a UN plan to resume the political process in Libya, the Turkish envoy to the North African state said Friday.
Emrullah Isler, who is also a lawmaker with Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, said Ankara would stand against any foreign intervention in Libya.
“We, as Turkey, are supporting the UN’s attempt [to restart Libya’s political process] and we stand against foreign intervention,” Isler, who recently returned from a two-day visit to Libya, told Anadolu Agency.
He added: “We will support Libyans for the settlement of democracy in Libya, for the establishment of institutions and for the conduct of democratic elections.”
Last month, Ghassan Salame, the UN special envoy for Libya, unveiled a road map for resolving the conflict between Libya’s rival power centers and terror groups such as Daesh.
Salame’s plan is aimed at securing a transition towards a unified, representative government under the framework of the 2015 Skhirat Agreement.
The plan, which calls for holding parliamentary and presidential elections within a year, was endorsed by the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
Isler stressed Ankara’s keenness to see Turkish Airlines resume flights to Libya. The company suspended all its flights to Libya in January 2015.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry, he added, is preparing to open a consulate in Benghazi in eastern Libya.
(Source: Anadolu Agency)
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