Libyas New Transitional Government Supports Turkish Military Presence - Erdogans Advisor - UrduPoint

Turkey welcomes the election of the transitional executive authority in Libya, Yassin Aktai, advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Sputnik, adding that the election will not have an impact on the Turkish military presence in Libya.

"Turkey's agreements with the Libyan Government of National Accord and the Turkish military presence in Libya will not be affected by the election of a new transitional government. Turkey is present in Libya at the invitation of the Libyan people and government. The new transitional government does not oppose these agreements and the Turkish presence in Libya, on the contrary, it supports the Turkish role there," Aktain told Sputnik on Saturday.

On Friday, the Swiss-hosted Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) elected an interim unity government that will be in charge until a national general election scheduled for December 24. The LPDF elected Mohammad Younes Menfi, former ambassador of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in Greece, as the new head of the Presidency Council.