Turkey reopens embassy in Tripoli

Turkey on Friday reopened its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli which it closed in May due to the deteriorating security situation in the north African country, the foreign ministry said.

A diplomatic team led by Ali Kemal Aydin, the ministry's deputy director responsible for general and bilateral relations, flew from Ankara to Tunisia Thursday and was expected to arrive in Tripoli Friday by land, said the ministry in a statement.

The rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) is in the process of moving its fledgling government to the capital from its previous base in Benghazi.

In July, Turkey recognised the NTC as Libya's government.

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