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Turkey Installs Air Defence System in Libya's Bani Walid |
2021-07-21 |
[LIBYAREVIEW] On Monday, the Libyan television channel "218 News" claimed that Sources told 218 that the The installation of the system comes within the framework of Ankara’s fear of any movements of the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Bani Walid. In the same context, according to a leaked document, the EU is finalising plans for a military mission in Libya in order to compete for influence with other forces there, EUObserver reported. The EU diplomatic service’s internal paper dated 1 July stated that Libya’s grinding of the peace processor required large-scale disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) of fighters, as well as a fundamental security sector reform (SSR). "In this context, an EU military CSDP [Common Security and Defence Policy] engagement should ... be considered in order not to leave the entire field of activity in the military domain to third states," the statement read. The paper did allude to ![]() , when it reported on a "third country" that had "continued denial of inspections" of suspected arms shipments to Libya, in violation of a UN embargo. The same country "maintains a strong military presence in Libya and provides training to selected armed forces in western Libya, especially the Coast Guard and Navy," it noted, after Turkey sent troops to Libya last year. It explained that Turkey’s Defence Ministry has been tweeting about the interception of |
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