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| Libya complains about weapons cargo from Turkey, new investigation launched |
| 2018-12-24 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] Libya and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... agreed on Saturday to open an urgent joint investigation into a consignment of arms which arrived from Turkey and was seized at a port near 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... this week, the UN-backed Libyan government said. The government released the statement following talks in Tripoli between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and The statement quoted Cavusoglu as saying Ankara rejected such actions "which do not represent the policy or approach of the The weapons were seized by customs on Tuesday in Khoms port, just over 100 km (62 miles) east of Tripoli. The consignment sent from Turkey contained 3,000 A day earlier a cargo of 2.5 million The UN mission in Libya has condemned the shipment of arms to Libya as "extremely disconcerting." The UN last June extended an arms embargo on Libya for another year. |
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