Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said nobody would send any additional advisers or troops or mercenaries from any neighbouring countries to Libya as long as the truce is observed.
UN special representative for Libya Ghassan Salame says the 5+5 commission, whose members were proposed by Libya's warring sides, will meet next week to help convert current truce into a "full-fledged ceasefire".
US says oil exports blocked by illegal militia of Khalifa Haftar must "resume" immediately, while Turkey's FM Mevlut Cavusoglu says Haftar must choose "political solution."
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met opposition CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu prior to Turkish parliament session on possible military deployment in Libya.
"If today Libya becomes like Syria, then the turn will come for the other countries in the region," Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu cautions in governing AK Party's consultation meeting.
Officials say the blast, also wounding more than 120 people, targeted a tax collection centre in capital and most of those killed were university and other students. Two Turkish brothers are among the dead.
'Sanctions, threats to not deter us from protecting our national security interests,' says Turkey's communications director.
Turkey hits back at the latest sanctions threats from the US, we take a look at how US-Turkish relations have changed over the decades.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned if the US imposes sanctions, Incirlik Air Base and Kurecik Radar Station, where US soldiers are stationed, in Turkey would come into question.
"The US criticised us, however, NATO did not say anything. On the contrary, NATO secretary-general repeatedly stated all countries have right to buy the weapon and defence system it wants," Turkish foreign minister says.
Turkey's foreign minister says that Greece’s decision to expel the Libyan ambassador over a maritime deal Turkey and Libya signed on November 27 is “unacceptable."
Turkey's FM Mevlut Cavusoglu says what is wanted for Baltics should be wanted for Turkey after meeting in Ankara with Masrour Barzani, the PM of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government.
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