Thread by @achopkins1

1) #Turkey and the USA seem to be getting closer over #Libya. Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has been on local channel NTV tonight, says 'We can't accept the support Russia gives to Haftar, we don’t believe this will support the political process in Libya.....

2) '...the US side on the other hand sees that Turkey's involvement in the Libya crisis brought a balance in the situation.' The US ambassador to Libya has also been on the phone to the leader of the UN-backed govt in Libya's capital, Tripoli.
ly.usembassy.gov/ambassador-nor…

3) Amb pointedly mentions Russia but no one else by name when he talks of '..the urgent need to end the destabilizing flow of Russian and other foreign military equipment and mercenaries into Libya..' Trump and Erdoğan also talked Libya on phone today.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…

4) Yet another message of support here from US ambassador to #Libya to UN-backed GNA in Tripoli: 'Even now, in Libya, there are forces seeking to impose a new political order by military means or terrorism...

https://twitter.com/USAEmbassyLibya/status/1264952123915190279?s=20

5) '...The United States is proud to partner with the legitimate, UN-recognized government of #Libya, the GNA, and all those who are prepared to protect freedom and peace.'

6) Now US military @USAfricaCommand directly points finger at #Russia for sending its aircraft to support the Wagner group, which is working alongside #Haftar in #Libya.

https://twitter.com/USAfricaCommand/status/1265240771269197830?s=20

7) US ambassador to #Libya has conversation with mayor of city which just a few days ago reportedly came out in support of the UN-backed government, the GNA, in #Tripoli. #Zintan

https://twitter.com/USAEmbassyLibya/status/1265921854574821378?s=20

8) US and UN-backed Government of National Accord in #Libya developing relations further. Libya PM Fayez Al-Sarraj meets US ambassador to #Turkey David Satterfield during his visit to Turkey. Photos from GNA.

9) More closening of ties between UN-backed GNA government in Tripoli #Libya and the US today, GNA leader Al Serraj meets head of US military command in Africa and US ambassador to Libya.

https://twitter.com/achopkins1/status/1275067318070988807?s=20

More from the US embassy in #Libya on that meeting.
ly.usembassy.gov/us-ambassador-…