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Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Libyan war may pit Russia and Turkey against each other
Ankara will send troops to Libya if the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Fayez al-Sarraj requests it, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Such a scenario sets the stage for a potential conflict with Russia, who feels politically closer to commander of the Libyan Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Nezavisimaya Gazeta wrote.
Russian ambassador to Athens: Greece a traditional and reliable partner of Russia
Greece is a traditional and reliable partner of Russia in Europe, and the two countries can continue building their relations "even under the anti-Russian situation of sanctions" by the EU, Russian Ambassador to Greece Andrey Maslov said on Wednesday during a traditional annual press briefing.
Is there another reason for Turkish haste in Libya: Is Russian involvement judging the conflict?
Strategically, the landscape on the Libyan front is now odder than before, with the latest developments raising serious suspicions that the Turkish movement in cooperation with the “Tripoli government” of Saraj may have accelerated their MoU in order to prevent imminent developments in Libya, driven by the support that Russian mercenaries have given Khalifa Haftar’s forces in recent months, tightening the noose around Tripoli. This inevitably complicates Greece’s options…