Turkey hosts trilateral talks with Qatar, Libya officials as Egypt approves potential intervention

Qatar's defence ministry confirmed talks were held between Minister Khalid Mohammed Al-Atiyyah and Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga in a statement posted on Twitter, noting it had covered the "latest developments" in Libya.

Al-Atiyyah held separate discussions with his Turkish counterpart, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, which addressed ways of strengthening bilateral relations and defence cooperation between the two countries.

"We want to express our thanks to Qatar for their genuine supported for Libya's legitimate government, and for their role in securing stability in the region" said Akar.

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The meetings between the key state backers of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) came the same day lawmakers in regional rival Egypt voted to greenlight the deployment of its forces to counter "threats faced by the state" from the west, alluding to Libya, the country with which it shares a porous desert border.

The vote took place in a legislature packed with Sisi's supporters, who unanimously approved the measures "to defend Egyptian national security... against criminal armed militias and foreign terrorist elements," a statement released by its parliament read.

Egypt, along with the United Arab Emirates and Russia, supports the head of Libya’s eastern-based government, rogue General Khalifa Haftar.

With the support of Turkish forces and drones, Libya’s GNA successfully repelled Haftar’s year-long offensive to take Tripoli in the country’s northwest last month.

Since then they have pushed eastwards towards Sirte, a strategic gateway into Libya’s oil crescent, the central regions that contains the North African country's major oil facilities.