“What Macron called the dangerous game of our country’s support for the legitimate Libyan government at its request and within the framework of UN decisions can only be explained by clouding of reason,” said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy in a statement.
According to him, France "itself plays a dangerous game" in Libya and is responsible for its "immersion in chaos."
In Turkey, it was recalled that the commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, refused to sign a ceasefire.
“Having no coast in the Eastern Mediterranean, France behaves like a coastal country, but it’s time for her to understand that she does not have the authority to make decisions on regional issues. France’s position, which ignores Turkey’s legal rights in the region, further aggravates tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, ”the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
They also did not agree with Macron’s statement that the incident in the Mediterranean confirms “the death of NATO’s brain,” noting that the alliance proved to be functional even during the coronavirus epidemic.
Earlier, Macron said that the recent incident when a Turkish frigate off the coast of Libya refused to comply with the order to inspect cargo from a French ship participating in the NATO operation, "clearly demonstrates the" brain death "of the alliance.
According to the French president, Turkey is "playing a dangerous game" in Libya.