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Turkey to provide Navy ships for operations to enforce embargo on arms supplies to Libya

Türkiye Materials 23 March 2011 17:51 (UTC +04:00)

As part of the NATO operations to enforce the embargo on arms supplies to Libya, Turkey will provide five Navy ships and one submarine boat, local media reported on Wednesday, citing sources at the headquarters of NATO, RIA Novosti reported.

Official confirmation of this information has not yet been made by the Turkish authorities.

Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would not send weapons against Libya. "I emphasize that Turkey will not be the party that will direct arms against the people of Libya," said the Prime Minister, speaking in Parliament Tuesday.

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