Turkish navy to help enforce Libya embargo

Turkey has offered four frigates, a submarine and a support ship to help NATO enforce a UN arms embargo on Libya, the military alliance has said.

Brigadier Pierre St Amand, a NATO military officer, said the alliance had so far received offers of 16 ships from a number of countries to implement the mission.

He said the ships included: a command-and-control ship from Italy; 10 frigates, including four from Turkey and one each from Britain, Spain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and the US; submarines from Spain, Italy and Turkey; and auxiliary ships from Italy and Turkey.

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