Libya’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that it had nothing to do with a warning issued earlier by a rogue army general to Turkish and Qatari nationals against remaining in Libya.
“The transitional government is responsible for protecting foreigners staying in Libya,” the ministry said in a statement.
On Saturday, retired general Khalifa Haftar gave Turkish and Qatari nationals 48 hours to leave eastern Libya or face arrest at the hands of his forces.
“After the deadline, anyone from the two countries would be arrested and face due measures,” Haftar’s spokesman Mohamed Hegazi told Al-Tadamoun press agency, without elaborating on the measures in question.
“We also have information that some of the nationals of these two states work for intelligence agencies,” Hegazi told Anadolu Agency.
The Turkish foreign minister dismissed Haftar’s claims on Monday…
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