Haftar Says Cease-Fire Conditional On Turkish Withdrawal
February 21 2020
Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar says he will agree to a cease-fire if Turkish forces and allied Syrian militia members withdraw, reports Russia's RT.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Haftar said that the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) and its Turkish backers had exploited a recent truce to deploy troops around the city.
Terrorist groups must also be eliminated and Turkish weapon shipments stopped, he said, as reported by Bloomberg News.
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