Türkiye's Chief of General Staff Colonel General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu received Libyan National Army Chief of Staff Colonel General Khaled Haftar on Thursday. Haftar is visiting the capital Ankara as part of official contacts.
Türkiye's General Staff said in a post on its NSosyal account that Bayraktaroğlu received Haftar in a military ceremony, followed by bilateral talks and discussions between delegations from the two countries.
The video shows the official reception ceremony at the General Staff headquarters in Ankara, where the two officials reviewed the guard of honor to military music before moving to the meeting room.
Engagement with eastern and western Libya
The visit comes amid growing openness between Türkiye and authorities in eastern Libya, alongside Ankara's close relations with the Government of National Unity in Tripoli. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Government of National Unity head Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Antalya on the sidelines of the COP31 summit this week, affirming that Türkiye would not accept any formula conflicting with Libya's interests.
In a related development, Türkiye's ambassador to Libya recently presented the new Turkish military attaché to the Chief of General Staff in Tripoli, Colonel General Salah al-Din al-Namroush. Khaled Haftar is the son of Libyan National Army commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Video: Türkiye's General Staff