While the Libyan reconciliation government forces are stationed on the outskirts of the eastern city of Sirte, political mobility is intensifying between the actors on the ground, led by Turkey and Russia, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was scheduled to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Gawishoglu, in Istanbul before the two sides postponed talks on stopping the fighting.

During the past days, Al-Wefaq forces achieved successive victories, and the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar were expelled from the Libyan West thanks to Turkish military support under a security agreement signed by the two sides last November.

But the operations of the Al-Wefaq forces stopped at the Sirte border after it was exposed, on the day of its first attack, to an aerial bombardment by Russian warplanes, which left more than 60 people dead, forcing it to withdraw from the city, which had received significant reinforcements from the Al-Jafra base to fortify it and prevent the Al-Wefaq government forces from entering it.

Sirte is located in the middle of the Libyan coast between the west and east, 450 kilometers to the east, and it overlooks the oil crescent, and is inhabited by more than 80 thousand people.

Military experts say that control of Sirte opens the door to control of the strategic Al-Jafra air base, to which Russia is believed to have brought its warplanes, and that the city opens the door to progress and control of important oil-rich areas.

Hifter, Sirte
and Rasul Tosson, the Turkish leader in the ruling Justice and Development Party, revealed that the reason for postponing the Russian foreign minister's visit to Ankara was due to a dispute between the two countries regarding Ankara's categorical refusal of Moscow's request to include Hifter in the negotiations and ensure a seat for him in the political process.

He told Al-Jazeera Net that Ankara "does not mind the participation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives convened in Tobruk Aqila Saleh in the negotiations, as he is an elected civilian figure representing the Libyan East, which is under the control of Haftar's forces."

Toson - a former deputy in parliament - pointed out that Russia stipulated that the reconciliation government should stop progressing to Sirte and immediately enter into a ceasefire agreement.

On the other hand, Turkey insisted on not entering a ceasefire until after Al-Wefaq government forces took control of the city of Sirte, in order to complete the plan to secure the capital, Tripoli, and its environs.

"With Turkish-Russian bilateral dialogue, other countries involved in the Libyan issue, such as Egypt, the UAE and France, are out of the direct circle of action, and since Ankara enjoys political flexibility, it will not object to involving them in some arrangements," Toson added.

He continued, "There is no official decision to use Turkey as the military bases and Misurata military bases, but based on the joint defense agreement signed between Ankara and Tripoli, there is a possibility to use military bases inside Libya in agreement with the government of reconciliation."

The newspaper, "Yeni Shafak", which is close to the ruling party in Turkey, has recently revealed Ankara's plans to establish two military bases in Libya, the first air at the Al-Wattia base southwest of Tripoli, and the second freely in the city of Misrata.

In a previous interview with Al Jazeera Net, Yassin Akti, Adviser to the Turkish President, said, "Russia has a desire to prevent the reconciliation forces from advancing towards Sirte and by stationing in its surroundings, but we support the head of the reconciliation government, Fayez al-Sarraj, by advancing and invading the city," indicating the possibility of an understanding with Russia in Libya along the lines of Syria.

Russian-Turkish maneuvers,
and observers believe that the game is now being run between Russia and Turkey, and the latter was its decisive intervention and turned the balance of the battle and transformed the reconciliation forces from the defense position to the attack after it provided them with an important air cover through the warplanes and the flying flights, especially "Perikdar", which enabled them to regain control On the entire west and to 400 km from the capital.

According to observers, the withdrawal of fighters of the Russian "Wagner" security company from Tripoli last month on a large scale is evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan have reached foundations for understanding.

In this context, Turkish journalist Yassin Govanche stated that although the course of events imposes cooperation on Turkey and Russia, they empty all the tricks in their bags before reaching negotiations, as Russia is keen to preserve the strength of Haftar, despite the failure of its support so far. For him to bear fruit.

"Haftar will remain in the scene, whether or not it will be revealed by the next few days. For the negotiation that is at its most intense, especially between Turkey and Russia, the two possibilities may be possible, as some important papers remain within the scene and a secondary role, as it is possible that you dispense with From him the powers that support him and replace him with Saleh's wife, since he did not succeed in fulfilling his promise to them to destroy the government and control Tripoli. "

He believes that Russia and Turkey will launch a new negotiation similar to the Astana talks on Syria, noting that if the talks did not bear fruit, then we may witness an escalation in both Libya and the Idlib region in Syria.

The Turkish press writer pointed out that Moscow is keen not to burn all bridges with Erdogan, as well as Ankara behaving in a very calculated manner with its opponents as if it is avoiding spoiling what cannot be repaired.