Malta’s foreign and EU affairs minister Evarist Bartolo on Saturday held a meeting with the Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar, who is in Malta on a short visit. Peace and security in Libya are also essential for peace and security in Europe and the Mediterranean,” Bartolo said. Tripoli insists that Operation Irini, which was set up to enforce the Libyan arms embargo, punishes it by attempting to prevent Turkish supplies from across the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that Operation Irini had failed to meet the demands and concerns of the internationally recognised government. Operation Irini does not contribute to a solution to the Libya problem, nor the embargo,” Cavusoglu said in Ankara.

Source: Libya Today July 04, 2020 13:18 UTC