Turkey repatriate seven citizens from Libya with Qatari help
Turkey repatriate seven citizens from Libya with Qatari help
The seven Turkish citizens had been held in eastern Libya for two years.
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Qatari intelligence cooperated withÌýTurkey's National Intelligence Agency to bring the citizens back to their homeland [Getty]
Seven citizens who were being held in eastern have been brought back safely to Turkey, the country's foreign ministry said on Sunday.
The seven people were mostly employees and had been held in Libya's east for two years, according to state-owned Anadolu news agency.
intelligence cooperated with Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (MIT) in their efforts to secure the safe release of the seven Turks, Anadolu said.
"We thank the Libyan and Qatari governments, especially the related institutions that contributed to the process of the release of our citizens," Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Turkey deployed troops to Libya under a 2019 accord on cooperation signed with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), helping it repel an assault by General 's forces based in eastern Libya.
(Reuters)
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