Turkey has accused France of involvement in a dangerous game in Libya, reflecting a "lack of reason" and a lack of awareness of the risks and changes in the eastern Mediterranean.
This came in a written statement of the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman in response to previous statements by French President Emmanuel Macron, in which he said that Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya.
Spokesman Protector Aksoy denounced the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron "regarding the Turkish support for the legitimate Libyan government, which comes at the request of the latter and within the framework of the United Nations resolutions," and said that Macron's description of this support as a "dangerous game" can only be explained as "a lack of mind" ".
"If Mr. Macron lose his memory and has a healthy mind, then he will remember that what Libya is experiencing today is due to the coup (retired Major General Khalifa) Haftar, who is backed by Macron himself, and that Haftar is the cause of the attacks, and he is the one who refused to sign the cease-fire agreement in Moscow And Berlin, and that he is the Prince of War. "
"France, which supported the illegal entities, is responsible for dragging Libya into the chaos it is experiencing, and accordingly, it is France that is playing a dangerous game in Libya," the written statement said.
Evaluating developments
The Protector of Aksoy said that France is not assessing developments in the eastern Mediterranean region in a proper and neutral manner, "and worse than that, it does not want to evaluate it."
The statement dealt with the Egyptian role, as the Turkish spokesman saw that France's silence towards Egypt "which supports the coup Haftar and threatens to intervene in Libya" cannot be ignored.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called a "dangerous game" that Turkey was playing in Libya.
Macron's comments come against the backdrop of field gains made by the Turkish-backed Al-Wefaq government, which expelled the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar from the Libyan west.
After Haftar was removed from Tripoli, the Al-Wefaq government is engaged in battles to liberate the coastal city of Sirte, the strategic outlet towards the Haftar stronghold in the Libyan East.
It is noteworthy that the relations of Ankara and Paris were strained due to differences over Libya, and due to a maritime accident between ships of the two countries in the Mediterranean.