A parliamentary motion in Ankara
authorising the Turkish government to send troops to Libya
increases tensions in the conflict-torn north African country,
Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni said Thursday.
"The Turkish parliament's vote on Libya increases tensions in
an already dramatic picture," she said.
"The EU mission proposed by Italy is ever more important to
ask all actors to respect the UN embargo, silence arms, and give
the say back to politics", she said.
The ruling centre-left Democratic Party (PD) urged the EU to
intervene and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, leader of its
partner the 5-Star MOvement (M5S), to brief parliament on the
case.
The European Commission reiterated that there was no military
solution to the crisis.
It said it had reiterated this to the players on various
occasions, the last being on December 23.
The Arab League condemned the vote.
The Turkish deployment is aimed at shoring up the UN-backed
government in Tripoli at a time of intensifying international
tensions over the conflict.
The beleaguered Tripoli government has been under sustained
attack since April by eastern Libyan military strongman General
Khalifa Haftar, who is backed by Turkey's regional rivals, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Italy backs the Tripoli government.
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