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HoR delegation in Ankara talks
[Libya Herald] A group of members of the House of Representatives has called for closer relations with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. The group, consisting of eight members who support the Presidency Council, arrived earlier during the week in Ankara at the invitation of the Ottoman Turkish government. During the week, they met President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
 as well as member of the Ottoman Turkish parliaments foreign affairs committee and deputy foreign minister Ahmet Yildiz, and Turkey’s special envoy for Libya Emrullah Isler. They also met with the Ottoman Turkish Contractors Association.

Later in Istanbul, there were meetings with municipal officials and with the Foreign Economic Relations Board.

According to Benghazi member Ziyad Daghim, the visit ‐ in return for that by Isler to Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
 last month ‐ was aimed at improving relations with Turkey and changing what he called "misconceptions" about it back in Libya.

Although Turkey maintains close relations with the PC and its government of national accord, it is viewed with suspicion in eastern Libya where the Beida-based government of Abdullah Thinni as well as the Libyan National Army and those around HoR president Ageela Saleh have been openly critical of it. They have accused it, along with Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
, of interfering in Libyan affairs by supporting the Moslem Brüderbund and Islamist myrmidons. As a result, while Turkey was the first country to reopen its embassy in Tripoli and kept its consulate in Misrata open throughout the period of the diplomatic exodus from Libya, it has not reopened the consulate in Benghazi ‐ and for the moment has no plans to do so.

According to Daghim, the talks also covered the issue of outstanding payments to Ottoman Turkish companies.

The kidnapping of three Ottoman Turkish engineers in Obari at the beginning of the month and security for Ottoman Turkish companies in Libya or planning to go to Libya was also reportedly discussed, as was the requirement for Libyans to have visas to visit Turkey.


Posted by: Fred 2017-11-19
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