In preparation for military troops deployment, a number of Turkish intelligence agents arrived in Libya’s Tripoli, according to Al-Arabiya TV channel.
Turkey has provided UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) with night vision devices as well as mine and explosives detectors.
Despite the international community’s refusal of the Turkish parliament’s decision to send Turkish forces to Libya, the Ottoman dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkish soldiers have already started moving towards Libya to fight against the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter.
It is worth mentioning that, Erdogan said Sunday that the country was deploying military units to Libya, where Ankara is supporting the government in Tripoli headed by Fayez Al Sarraj.
Turkey’s parliament authorized the deployment of troops to Libya on Thursday, following a separate deal on sending military experts and weapons signed into law in December.
That deal, along with a separate agreement on maritime boundaries between Turkey and Libya, has drawn international condemnation across the region and beyond.
Earlier, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told state-run Anadolu Agency that Turkey would send “the necessary number (of troops) whenever there is a need."
He added: “If the other side adopts a different stance and says ‘Okay we are withdrawing, we are backing down,’ then why would we go?”
Turkey’s main opposition party, CHP, earlier said its lawmakers would vote against the motion because the deployment would embroil Turkey in another conflict and make it a party to the further “shedding of Muslim blood.”
Ankara supports Sarraj’s government along with Italy and Qatar.
The eastern government is supported by France, Egypt, Russia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and other key Arab countries.
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