After demands in Berlin 2 for its withdrawal..Turkey: Putting our forces in Libya on one side with mercenaries is unacceptable

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that at the Berlin 2 conference, her country stressed not to allow its trainers and advisors in Libya to be equated with mercenaries;

This is after calls at the conference to withdraw all mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya.

This came in a press statement made by Foreign Ministry spokesman Tango Bilgic, today, Friday, about Turkey's participation in the Berlin 2 Conference on Libya in the German capital.

Regarding the Athens agreement regarding the ban on military exercises in the Aegean during the tourist season, Bilgic said, "We will not remain silent about Greece's flagrant violation of the Athens Agreement."

European Union leaders had called for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya.

In the final statement issued by their summit in Brussels, the leaders of the Union stressed that dialogue is the best solution to resolving the Libyan crisis.

The issue of withdrawing foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya dominated the work of the Berlin Conference II;

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that the withdrawal of these forces must be achieved gradually, and that he believes that there is an understanding between Turkey and Russia on a gradual withdrawal to maintain balance.

In the same context, the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government in Libya, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, stressed the need for foreign mercenaries to leave Libyan territory and reunite the army.

And the US State Department stated, in a statement, that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Dabaiba stressed - in their meeting - the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, and stressed the importance of implementing the ceasefire agreement in Libya, and the statement stated that they discussed the need to prepare for the elections scheduled for December 24 next December.

In its statement, the US State Department considered that the withdrawal of foreign forces - including Turkish - from Libya would contribute to reaching a peaceful settlement, and would enable the Libyans to unify their forces under a single command that enjoys military relations with countries of their choosing, and not imposed on them, as it put it.