❗️Turkiye hosts talks to reunify Libya’s rival administrations, no deal reached Turkiye held talks last week between Libya’s rival eastern and western administrations in an effort to reunify the divided country, but the discussions have yet to produce an agreement, a senior Turkish official familiar with the negotiations told AFP on Wednesday. “Discussions have so far focused primarily on military unification, while political unity is expected to be addressed at a later stage,” the official said. The negotiations took place in Ankara and involved military officials representing both administrations, alongside diplomats. Turkiye is mediating between the two sides, the official added. On Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the time had come to reunify Libya’s eastern and western administrations, suggesting an announcement could be imminent after he hosted senior European diplomats and regional powers for a meeting in Istanbul. “We have now reached a stage where the conditions are ripe to permanently secure the reunification of the east and the west,” Fidan told journalists. “One of the most important pillars of national unification is how the military units currently controlled separately by both sides will be brought together under a single umbrella,” he added. “God willing, you will soon hear very good news about this from Turkiye.”