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25 July 2020 Libya at the center of a telephone conversation between the head of the Turkish government Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. To make known sources of Ankara. During the interview, developments in the situation in the North African country were discussed.

Both - sources said and as reported by the Turkish media - agreed on "continuing the dialogue for a political solution in Libya". Not only Libya at the center of the conversation: the two heads of government also discussed the situation in the eastern Mediterranean and bilateral relations between Italy and Turkey.

There was also talk of cooperation between the two leaders in the fight against Covid-19 in the post-emergency phase.

Al Serraj visiting Turkey
Also today, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, welcomed the President of the Libyan National Council, Fayez al Serraj, to Turkey. Turkey supports Serraj politically and militarily, engaged in a war for control of the country with the general of Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar. Last November Erdogan and Serraj signed two memoranda of understanding: the first relating to military cooperation between the armies of the two countries and a second agreement with which Tripoli recognizes Turkish jurisdiction over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean, south of Cyprus.