"We are at a time of essential clarification of Turkish policy in Libya, which is unacceptable to us. "Emmanuel Macron thus accused this Monday in Meseberg (Germany) Turkey of having in the Libyan conflict a" historical and criminal responsibility "as a country which" claims to be a member of NATO, (or) in any case it claim it ”.
In Libya, the scene of a civil war since 2011, "the first external speaker is Turkey," argued the French president, during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
She "does not respect any of her commitments"
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey "does not respect any of its commitments from the Berlin conference (organized in January), has increased its military presence in Libya and it has massively re-imported jihadist fighters from Syria", he lambasted .
Emmanuel Macron had already accused Ankara on June 22 of playing a "dangerous game" in Libya, in which he saw a new demonstration of NATO's "brain death".
Turkey has become the main international supporter of the government of national unity (GNA) in Tripoli, which in early June regained control of the whole of northwest Libya by reducing the forces of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the strong man from the east of the country.
The “ambivalence” of Russia
The French president also said “wanting to twist the neck on a false idea: France does not support Marshal Haftar” but rather works for a “lasting” peace solution.
Emmanuel Macron also judged that Russia was playing on the “ambivalence” of the presence of a private Russian militia, the Wagner militia, and not soldiers of the Russian army.
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