Libyan gov't has right to defend itself: Al-Sarraj

GENEVA 

Head of Libya’s internationally recognized government, Fayez al-Sarraj, said the presence of Turkish forces in the country comes within the legitimate right of self-defense against aggression of East Libya-based forces.

“The current situation in Libya and the resistance against the aggression on the capital [Tripoli] and cities in western Libya is the framework that we work on it with Turkey,” al-Sarraj told Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of the 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. 

“This is a legitimate right for the GNA [Government of National Accord] and a duty towards our people to

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