Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey will be with Libya in meeting needs in all fields, including politics, military, economy, commerce, infrastructure and superstructure.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), Erdogan said that Turkey will be hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder with the brotherly people of Libya in meeting their needs.
There is currently a struggle taking place in Sirte and Saba. I call on my brothers in these two cities to unite with Tripoli and Benghazi. I call on my brothers to give hand in hand so that there is no more bloodshed and more people do not die. They should all know that what happened in Tripoli and Benghazi will also happen in Sirte and Saba, Erdogan said.
Any rule against the will of the people can not continue endlessly. Sooner or later, the will of the people will prevail. The Libyan people have shown what they want. Their struggle is one for freedom and democracy, Erdogan said.
There could be certain circles with different intentions on Libya. The Libyan people, with God’s will, will overcome such intentions. Libya belongs to Libyans. Libya should stay as an entity of the Libyans. Libya should never become an Iraq, Erdogan said.
Touching on Turkey’s would be assistance to Libya, Erdogan said that Turkey wished to construct a new parliament building in Libya.
Turkey will also restore schools, police stations and judiciary buildings, Erdogan also said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that secularism did not mean being without a religion, adding that it did not imply being against a certain religion.
As a Muslim leading a secular state, one has to be at an equal distance to Muslims, Christians and Jews. Believers of all religions are under the security of the secular state, Erdogan said.
Erdogan’s comments on secularism came after a journalist reminded him that certain religious groups had reservations on secularism in Libya.
Touching on the developments taking place in Syria, Erdogan said that a country can not be prosperous by tyranny.
It is impossible for any government to stay in power after tanks and artilleries attack its people. Our approach to the Syrian President Bashar al-Asad is not the same as it was two months ago. He will have to pay the price of his actions, Erdogan stressed.
Abdel Jalil, in his part, said that "as Libyans, we are a Muslim society. We would not want to see the radicalization of our people neither in the right or left of the political spectrum and we will not permit this".
Certain individuals’ radicalization have come to an end in Libya, Abdel Jalil said.
The people of Libya have united. I believe that the Libyan people will adopt elections and a constitutional system, Abdel Jalil also said.