International recognition of the National Transitional Council

Turkey’s special envoy to Libya said on Feb. 16 that a national consensus government should be established in Libya as soon as possible, without any foreign intervention.

Ankara has condemned the abduction and murder of a Libyan mayor in Libya’s northwestern city of Misrata following his return from an official trip to Turkey.

More than 100 migrants are missing after a boat sinking west of the Libyan coast, AFP reports, citing a Libyan navy spokesman.

Rescuers have saved at least seven survivors from the waters, the spokesman said. 

There are no further details about the incident 

Greece is planning to normalize ties with Libya and to reopen its embassy in the war-torn country, according to diplomatic sources.

The embassy was shut down in late July, 2014, at the height of Libya's civil conflict.

To this effect, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Tripoli on November 29.

The foreign ministers of a number of regional countries have called on all parties to the Libyan Political Dialogue to immediately approve a political agreement brokered by a special U.N. representative following recent meetings to achieve national reconciliation.

We welcome the political agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Libya, which was announced in the early hours of today, from Morocco, by the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative, Bernardino Leon.

Turkey has introduced visa requirements for Libyans, due to security concerns, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Aug. 27. 

Turkey annulled a memorandum of agreement with Libya from 2009 waiving visas for nationals of both countries, with Libyan citizens having to apply for a visa to travel to Turkey as of Sept. 24, Tanju Bilgiç told reporters on Aug. 27. 

Turkey has called for a speedy political settlement to the Libyan problem a day after a Turkish cargo ship, "Tuna-1," was shelled off the Libyan coast and attacked from the air, killing one and wounding several others. 

The United States and European powers pressed Libya's rival factions to set an "unconditional" ceasefire at talks restarting on April 13, as two attacks on foreign embassies were linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.

Gunmen killed two people and wounded a third in an attack at the South Korean embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 12 which was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
      
The gunmen opened fire on the embassy compound from a passing car, killing two people and wounding a third, a Libyan interior ministry spokesman told AFP.