Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held on Tuesday a phone conversation, their second in a week, to discuss the developments in Libya.
Turkish presidential sources said their talks focused on the developments in Libya, in addition to the situation in Syria, and relations between Turkey and Russia.
The head of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, Devlet Bahçeli, announced his support to the Turkish government to send military aid to Libya to back the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj.
The Nationalist Movement is allied with Erdogan’s ruling AK party.
Bahceli’s announcement comes amid reports on intense efforts by Turkey to send troops and arms to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and to establish a military base there similar to the Turkish base set up in Qatar.
The expected move would come in line with a security and military cooperation deal struck between Turkey and the GNA in Istanbul on November 27.
On Saturday, Turkey sent the bilateral accord with the GNA to its parliament for approval.
