Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - Tension between France and Turkey escalated after a June 10 incident between Turkish warships and a French naval vesselFrench President Emmanuel Macron lashed out on Monday against Turkey’s “criminal” actions in Libya. During a visit to Germany, Mr Macron strongly condemned Turkey’s presence in Libya as “unacceptable”. Tension between France and Turkey escalated after an incident on June 10 between Turkish warships and a French naval vessel in the Mediterranean. France accused Turkey of repeated breaches of the UN arms embargo and of importing Syrian fighters to Libya. Mr Macron denied backing the east-based forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar, stressing that France was in favour of a “political solution”.

Source: Libya Today June 29, 2020 23:03 UTC