The Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Germany’s call for a demilitarized solution in Sirte and Jufra could be accepted by Ankara as a preliminary approach, saying the only solution lies in unity in the international community’s stance on Libya.

The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, organized a major celebration on the occasion of its 80th anniversary on Aug. 10 in the Abu Rawash area west of the Egyptian capital Cairo, near the monument of the founding of the LNA.

A senior British diplomat became involved in a plan to improve the image of Khalifa Haftar after the eastern Libyan commander was accused of committing war crimes.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, visiting war-torn Libya’s capital on Monday, warned of a “deceptive calm” since fighting has stalled around Sirte, the strategic hometown of fallen dictator Muammar Al-Gaddafi.

The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has linked Berlin Conference to the first step of solution to the Libyan crisis, urging European countries, especially Germany, to pressure countries supporting Khalifa Haftar to stop escalation and creation of tensions among social communities in the country.

The German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who met his Libyan counterpart but not the Turkish or Qatari delegations on his visit to Libya, said the process started in Berlin remained the framework for resolving the conflict, and backed calls for a demilitarised zone around Sirte.

Turkey and Qatar have reiterated their support for Libya’s internationally recognised government during a trip by their defence ministers to the capital, Tripoli, where Germany’s foreign minister also paid an unexpected visit.

Germany’s top diplomat Heiko Maas has paid a surprise visit to Libya, hoping to help resolve the country’s civil conflict.So far, German mediation has focused on keeping foreign parties out of the war.

The spokesman for the Libyan Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Sirte-Jufra Operations Room Abdelhadi Drah said they had depicted six flights on Russian military cargo planes coming from Syria’s Lattakia to eastern Libya’s Labreg and Benina airports.

Egypt has been reaching out to the forces active in the Libyan crisis, especially the neighboring Maghreb countries of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.