Turkey continues to send military equipment to Libya
Al menos uno de ellos habría aterrizado en la base aérea libia de Al-Watiya, que el GNA recuperó tras romper el cerco de Trípoli.Turkey continues to hinder the already problematic peace processes on the conflict in Libya. And it has done so, as can be seen through the monitoring of the Flight Radar application, with air shipments from several of its military bases. Up to five planes have been reported to have departed for Libya in the last four days from military bases in Konya, in the center of the country, and Izmir, on the west coast of Turkey. At least one of them is said to have landed at the Libyan air base of Al-Watiya, which the ANG recovered after breaking the siege of Tripoli.
During the last few months, Turkey has not stopped sending material to Libya, either by air or sea. According to the Libya Review, ten Turkish cargo planes recently landed at Uqba bin Nafi airbase, also in western Libya. The shipment of material through this method has been a constant since Turkey showed its support for the ANG, and turned around a situation that the LNA in Haftar had under control.
However, the concern now lies in the fact that Libya is immersed in a ceasefire signed by both sides in Geneva on 23 October. This has been achieved after a few months of tremendously active autumn in the diplomatic field, with many meetings at all levels and in many places with the aim of finding a solution to the Libyan conflict. Among these agreements reached in recent weeks, would include the abandonment of the mercenaries present in the conflict in addition to the end of any pact of a military nature until the arrival of a new government. Something that Turkey is failing to do.
Many Libyan politicians are raising their voices in this regard, as they consider that the Turkish actions are jeopardizing the agreements reached so far and that they are already very fragile. This very week, the fourth round of negotiations of the Constitutional Committee is taking place in Geneva, seeking to lay the foundations early next year for a new constitution for Libya. One of the issues raised by some of the politicians opposed to Turkish shipments has been the closure of the country's airspace.
At the end of November, a Turkish ship was detained by the operation Irini carried out by the European Union, with the aim of making effective the arms embargo on the country to try to stop the conflict. The incident was one of many that have taken place in the Mediterranean, and which have even provoked moments of tension between Turkish military vessels and other European countries such as France. Ankara is straining the situation in this region to the maximum due to the expansionist drift that Erdogan is imposing. These confrontations are being discussed within NATO and the European Union, which in the coming weeks will make a decision regarding possible sanctions to be imposed on Turkey.
