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Libyan MP Critisizes Refuses Hulusi Akar's Visit


Mon 14 Jun 2021 | 06:12 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

Mesbah Doma, Libyan MP criticized the private visit of Turkish Minister of Defence Refuses Hulusi Akar saying: "In fact, it was a very humiliating matter. The Libyan MP added that the Turkish minister’s private visit is not supposed to be photographed.

On Sunday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, Sunday, that President Joe Biden will discuss with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the situation in Libya and the region at their first meeting as presidents on Monday.

Libya is seeking to extricate itself from a decade of chaos and conflict that followed the toppling of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 NATO-backed uprising.

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The destabilised security situation in Libya has offered fertile ground for jihadists like the Islamic State group to take root.

A formal truce signed last October between rival camps set in motion a UN-led process that led to the creation of an interim government tasked with preparing the country for December polls.

Despite the ceasefire and progress on the political front, the security situation remains precarious.