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Mon, 03/21/2011 - 09:59
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Turkey to serve as protecting power for US in Libya, CNN says
WASHINGTON (A.A) - 21.03.2011 - The CNN says that Turkey would serve as a "protecting power" for the United States in Libya.
In a news report posted on its web-site, CNN quoted senior State Department officials as saying, "as a protecting power, Turkey will represent the United States in Libya, including acting as consular officers on behalf of U.S. citizens in Libya and looking after American diplomatic facilities in the country."
"Turkey can also pass messages between the United States and Libya, as what little communication remains between the two countries is likely to come to a grinding halt now that the U.S. is bombing Libyan targets as part of enforcement of a no-fly zone," it said.
Meanwhile, Turkish Ambassador in Tripoli Salim Levent Sahinkaya told CNN that he would represent USA in Libya along with the United Kingdom and Italy.
"Although the United States has not formally suspended ties with Libya, the U.S. State Department shuttered its embassy earlier this month and withdrew all of its diplomats from the country. The State Department also ordered the Libyan embassy in Washington closed and ordered its diplomats to leave the country. It recognized Ali Aujali -- the former ambassador who resigned from the regime in protest of its violence against citizens and joined the opposition -- as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people," it added.
In a news report posted on its web-site, CNN quoted senior State Department officials as saying, "as a protecting power, Turkey will represent the United States in Libya, including acting as consular officers on behalf of U.S. citizens in Libya and looking after American diplomatic facilities in the country."
"Turkey can also pass messages between the United States and Libya, as what little communication remains between the two countries is likely to come to a grinding halt now that the U.S. is bombing Libyan targets as part of enforcement of a no-fly zone," it said.
Meanwhile, Turkish Ambassador in Tripoli Salim Levent Sahinkaya told CNN that he would represent USA in Libya along with the United Kingdom and Italy.
"Although the United States has not formally suspended ties with Libya, the U.S. State Department shuttered its embassy earlier this month and withdrew all of its diplomats from the country. The State Department also ordered the Libyan embassy in Washington closed and ordered its diplomats to leave the country. It recognized Ali Aujali -- the former ambassador who resigned from the regime in protest of its violence against citizens and joined the opposition -- as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people," it added.
