Erdogan receives HoR’s speaker, PC member to discuss developments in Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tuesday, met up in Ankara with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aqila Saleh, and member of the Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi to discuss the situation in Libya where Turkey wields a sway.

Al-Lafi on Twitter said the meeting with the Turkish President dealt with political developments, noting that the views agreed on preserving Libya’s unity, expediting the holding of elections, through one strong government, and emphasizing the exclusion of a military solution, Libya Update reports.

Saleh travelled to Turkey Monday to seek rapprochement with Ankara to break the political deadlock in the oil-rich country which currently has two rival governments.

Ankara currently backs the Government of National Unity led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh while Saleh and the Libyan parliament endorse the Government of National Stability led by former Ankara protégé and former interior minister Fathi Bashagha.

The HoR removed Dbeibeh in February and replaced him with Bashagha.
Saleh, on July 20 told Al-Massar TV, that “politics are flexible and subject to development and change, there is no permanent rivalry,” and that “the interests of the Turks are linked to our interests.”