A high-level Turkish delegation visited Tripoli on Wednesday, holding a meeting with UN-backed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.
According to a statement issued by the Libyan prime minister’s information office, the meeting participants discussed the latest developments in Libya and international efforts to resolve the current crisis, the Xinhua news agency reported.
It also discussed a number of opportunities for cooperation in various fields within the framework of close brotherhood and friendship ties between the two countries.
Moreover, the officials discussed military and maritime memorandums of understanding (MoU) signed in November between the two countries “particularly regarding cooperation in building Libyan defense and security capabilities through training, habilitation and equipping programs.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Chief Hakan Fidan and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın were among the delegation from Ankara.
