The looting of the Libyan people’s wealth..35 billion dollars from the Sarraj government to Erdogan

Ali Rajab

It seems that the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to dissolve the government of Sarraj and hold it accountable for “the old and the new”, in light of Ankara’s efforts to obtain what it calls compensation for Turkish companies that had contracts before 2011; When protests erupted that toppled the late leader Muammar Gaddafi, in a scheme to reap billions of dollars from the Libyan treasury, which was empty with the deterioration of the Turkish economy and the rise of foreign debts to Ankara in a very dangerous situation.

Media reports revealed that Turkey will receive 35 billion US dollars, after the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the government of Fayez al-Sarraj concluded a new agreement in what appears to be the price of supporting Sarraj in a chaotic Libya.

The “Ahwal” website, which specializes in Turkish affairs, stated, on Thursday, that the trade agreement concluded on August 13, which was signed by Turkish Trade Minister Rohsar Bakjan with the Minister of Planning in the Libyan Government of National Accord, Al-Taher Al-Juhaimi, to solve the pending problems between Turkish companies and Libyan employers, will open doors The oil-rich country in front of Turkish contractors.

The report pointed out that the Turkish agreement will enable 100 Turkish companies that abandoned their projects in Libya in 2011 due to the civil war, the ability to continue their work with compensation for damages to their properties.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Contractors Union, Medhat Yenigon, confirmed that the deal indicates a new hope for the Turkish construction sector, adding that Turkish contracting companies were forced to leave their Libyan projects incomplete in 2011 due to security problems such as the looting of their construction sites, which prompted the return of about 25 thousand workers to Turkey.

Medhat Yenigun added to the Daily Sabah newspaper that there are about one billion dollars that Turkish companies will receive in Libya as compensation for their losses, another 1.7 billion dollars in advance payments and guarantees for ongoing projects, and another 1.3 billion dollars for damage to equipment, machinery and inventory.

The volume of Turkish contracted businesses in Libya amounted to $ 16 billion, including between $ 400 and $ 500 million in projects not yet started. The deal also includes unfinished projects worth $ 19 billion for a total of $ 35 billion in construction and infrastructure projects in the war-torn country.

Earlier, Major General Ahmed Al-Mesmari, the military spokesman for the Libyan National Army, accused the Turkish regime and the Qatari regime of exploiting the Libyan crisis to plunder the wealth of the Libyan people.

Al-Mesmari added – in press statements – that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan smuggled 25 billion dollars from Libya to Turkey, of which two billion dollars were smuggled in the past two months, and revealed the responsibility of Turkish intelligence in the kidnapping of 650 Libyans.

A report by the American “Bloomberg” agency stated, in July of last year, that Turkey’s support for the Government of National Accord led to the quest to save billions of dollars in bailouts, as well as secure more oil and gas resources in the Mediterranean.

The agency quoted Turkish officials, whose identities have not been revealed, that the main goal of Turkey in supporting Fayez al-Sarraj and his government in Tripoli is to ensure its ability to complete construction projects in Libya, which are estimated at $ 18 billion, which Erdogan agreed with the leader Muammar. Gaddafi.