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Egypt condemns Turkey decision to allow troop deployment to Libya

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the members of his ruling party, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Erdogan says Thursday his government will submit a bill to parliament that would allow Turkey to send troops to Libya, in support of the U.N.-backed government there. Erdogan said the Libyan government, which controls the capital, Tripoli, has "invited" Turkey to send troops. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the members of his ruling party in Ankara on Dec. 26, 2019. (File photo: AP)

Egypt condemns Turkey decision to allow troop deployment to Libya

Reuters, Cairo

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Egypt strongly condemned on Thursday a vote by Turkey’s parliament to allow a troop deployment to Libya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Egypt said any such deployment could “negatively affect the stability of the Mediterranean region” and called on the international community to urgently respond to the move.

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