ANKARA – On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as quotedby the country’s media that Ankara hadn’t sent any Turkish troops in Libyayet but only military advisers.
The Libyan National Armylink (LNA) led by GeneralKhalifa Haftar has managed to down a Turkish drone that was allegedlytrying to hit LNA units in Tripoli, a spokesman for the LNA Air DefenceForces said Wednesday.
“The Air Defence Forces of the General Command of the Libyan Arab ArmedForces shot down a Turkish drone that took off from the MitigaInternational Airport and was trying to raid the site of our military unitsin Tripoli,” the statement published on Facebook reads.
Turkey has yet to comment on the claims by the LNA.
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The development comes nearly a week after Ankara announced that it woulddeploy troops to support the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoliin its fight against its opponents in the country’s east, the LibyanNational Army link , afterceasefire negotiations between the two in Moscow failed.
On Monday, however, Erdogan said that there were no Turkish troops in Libyayet but only Turkish military advisers, Sputnik has reported.
