Turkey-Egypt conflict in Libya goes to market
Ankara held an economic forum to introduce Turkish products to the Libyan markets, prompting the Egyptian-Libyan Joint Economic Chamber to warn against Turkish efforts to seize Libyan wealth.
As Turkey promotes its products to the Libyan market, Istanbul hosted the first Turkish-Libyan Economic Forum on Oct. 15 with the participation of several Libyan and Turkish companies.
The Egyptian-Libyan Joint Economic Chamber criticized the forum and called for boycotting it on Sept. 24. “The whole world has rejected the Turkish presence in the Arab region,” the chamber said in a statement.
“This forum is a miserable attempt to stand with the Turkish Ministry of Economy, which is suffering these days due to [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan's policies supporting terrorism and extremism, which have become exposed to the whole world,” the statement added.
In May, Mortada Kornfil, head of the Libya-Turkey Business Platform and of the Turkish-Libyan Economic Forum, revealed in a press statement a Turkish plan to gain a foothold in the Libyan market, saying, “Turkey can play a leading role and increase its share of the Libyan market as it seeks to raise the value of its exports to Libya by up to $10 billion in the medium term.”
