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Spotlight LIBYA Business Issue dated 16/07/2020

Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar. [...] (653 words)

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