Ankara will work together with Italy to achieve stable peace and a political process that should yield results in Libya, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. He was speaking at a news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in the Turkish capital. Cavusoglu also said Turkey wanted to work with Italy on meeting Libya’s energy needs, such as electricity.

Turkey supports the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. With Turkish support, the GNA has reversed a 14-month assault on Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA).

According to Cavusoglu, Ankara and Rome could also cooperate in the eastern Mediterranean, where Ankara is at odds with Greece and other regional actors over hydrocarbon resources, Reuters said.

France urged NATO allies this week to discuss Turkey’s increasingly “aggressive” role in Libya, accusing Ankara of violating the arms embargo and thwarting efforts to secure a ceasefire in that country.

Source: RT