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LNA Naval Forces Detain Turkish Ship Violating Libya's Territorial Waters, Spokesman Says

© AFP 2023 / Mahmud TurkiaA fisherman is pictured along the promenade in Libya's capital Tripoli on November 25, 2020.
A fisherman is pictured along the promenade in Libya's capital Tripoli on November 25, 2020.  - Sputnik International
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CAIRO (Sputnik) - The naval forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have detained a Turkish merchant ship sailing under the flag of Jamaica and violating Libya's territorial waters, LNA spokesman Maj. Gen. Ahmad al-Mismari told Sputnik.

The Al Mabrouka ship entered Libya's territorial waters in the vicinity of the Ras al-Helal village, located on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Derna District in Libya's Cyrenaica coastal region.

"The Turkish vessel flying the Jamaican flag was heading for Misurata. There were medical supplies on board. It has been towed to the port of Ras al-Helal", al-Mismari told Sputnik.

According to the LNA spokesman, the ship did not react to warnings from the LNA coast guard. Al-Mismari told Sputnik that sailing in the Ras al-Helal area is prohibited amid an ongoing military operation.

The Al Mabrouka ship crew included nine Turkish citizens, seven Indian nationals and one citizen of Azerbaijan, the LNA spokesman said.

In late November, a Turkish cargo vessel Rosaline-A was stopped by German frigate Hamburg approximately 124 miles to the north of Benghazi as part of EU anti-arms smuggling operation IRINI. The German forces were, however, unable to inspect the vessel due to the protest by Ankara. Later, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu slammed its NATO partners over "forceful boarding" to the Turkish ship, calling it "unacceptable".

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