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Turkish FM visits Tripoli, few days after Turkish weapons seized in Libya

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid arrived in Tripoli Saturday, three days after Turkish weapons and ammunition had been seized at Khoms port.

During his visit, he will meet Head of Libyan High State Council Khaled al-Mishri.

On Tuesday, the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) seized Turkish weapons and ammunition believed to be related to the ongoing assassinations and violence in Tripoli. On the same day, the Customs Authority announced that a large amount of weapons and ammunition smuggled from Turkey were seized by customs employees in Khoms port.

The LNA issued a Wednesday statement on the incident, saying it has followed with great concern the national authorities’ success in seizing two arm shipments coming from Turkey.

The LNA’s General Command said that this was not the first shipment that has allegedly been sent from Turkey. Previously, the army also found Turkish weapons during the liberation of Benghazi from terrorism around July 2017, in addition to tons of Turkish explosives seized by Greece in January.

The LNA stressed in its statement the involvement of Turkey and other countries in supporting terrorists in Libya against the national army.

The General Command called on the international community, the United Nations and its mission in Libya to condemn Turkey and to open an immediate investigation into terrorist crimes committed by Turkey in violation to the Security Council resolutions no. 1973 for 2011 and no. 1373 on the financing of terrorist organizations.

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