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Libya conflict: Turkey sends troops to the coast to the UN-backed government
This Tripoli inhabitants welcomed the news of the Turkish military support for the GNA
the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that troops have started the move in Libya after last week.
He said their mission was to secure the stability for the UN-supported government of National Agreement (GNA) in Tripoli.
The Libyan government in the fight against an uprising of rebels under Gen Khalifa Haftar , based in Eastern Libya.
Gen Haftar, supported by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, while the UN-backed government, supported by Turkey and its allies, Qatar.
the rebels have trying to capture Tripoli, and are to blame, that killed at least 30 people. They denied any involvement.
The Turkish government has no information about the extent of the military engagement.
"Our soldiers there service is the coordination. You are developing the operation centre. Our soldiers are beginning to go now," said, President Erdogan told the CNN-Turk TV channel.
He said Turkey's aim was not "to fight" but "support the legitimate government and to avoid a humanitarian tragedy".
The UN security Council is expected to discuss the closed-door meeting on Monday, The Situation in Libya, AFP news agency reported, citing diplomats.
What other countries do think about the Turkish action?
He was convicted of several countries, including the United States.
last week, President Donald Trump , Mr Erdogan said in a telephone conversation, that "foreign interference complicates The Situation in Libya".
Egypt, said a military intervention in Libya was a "matter of Egyptian National Security " and it would be reported to the defeat of efforts to 'to control', his neighbor, the Reuters news Agency.
While Israel, Greece and Cyprus, a joint statement warning against the Turkish deployment published. You called it a dangerous threat to regional stability, and warned that he will violate a UN arms embargo imposed on Libya in order to end years of violence.
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Mr Erdogan, said Libya's government, he was asked to provide military assistance.
MPs in Turkey has the invoice, so that the deployment of troops last Thursday with 325 for and 184 against.
Libya has been torn by violence, the secured long-time ruler Muammar Al-Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011 by the Nato forces.
The country has two rival governments, a UN-backed Seating in Tripoli, and Gen Haftar in The Eastern city of Tobruk .
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Source of news: bbc.com
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