German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed efforts to reach a diplomatic solution for the Libyan conflict in separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government intends to send troops to Libya, a government spokesman said yesterday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Independent.
Turkey's foreign minister has warned that the Libyan conflict risks sliding into chaos and becoming the next Syria, as he sought to speed up domestic legislation to allow Ankara to send troops to the North African country.
Last week, Mr Erdogan announced his government's decision to seek parliamentary consent to send troops to Libya, at the request of Tripoli. The troops would help to defend Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord against General Khalifa Haftar's forces, which get support form Russia, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Amirates.