UN Led Peace Summit Pushes Turkey To Retreat From Syria

The Peace Summit in Berlin is now seeing headway with the UN deciding to keep an arms embargo in Libya. Organised by the United Nations, leaders from Russia, France, Germany and the likes assembled in Berlin to pledge an end to all foreign involvement in the conflict in Libya.

It was interesting to see Turkish presence at the summit, the main protagonist currently at Tripoli who has stationed its military personnel to support the UN recognized government in Tripoli. Macron has expressed deep concerns over this kind of ‘foreign’ involvement both in Syria and Libya.

The UN has stated that the main concern currently is to curb the interference of foreign powers who wield influence in the region. It is imperative they stop supplying weapons, troops or finance — either to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli or the rival Libya National Army (LNA) led by eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The direct indication has been made to Erdogan’s recent penetration into the Libya, something that has been under scanner all over the world. Countries like Greece and Cyprus are also worried uncomfortable with Turkish influence in Libya, owing to the fact, that it gives them a clear and easy route into Mediterranean sea, where Turkey has already been indulging into illegal drilling of fossil fuels.

It was decided at the summit that all participants will sign up to a plan to refrain from interference, and commit to a truce that leads to a lasting end to hostilities. A draft communique from the summit also urges all parties to re-commit to a widely ignored UN arms embargo and raises the prospect of Libyan political talks in Geneva at the end of the month.

It is now going to be sight to see whether Turkey will continue to retaliate and ignore this cordial meeting of agreement, or will it retreat from being a bully, subtler than the United States.