DOHA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Qatar on Thursday voiced support for the calls by Turkey and Russia to reach a cease-fire in Libya as of Sunday midnight, Qatari Foreign Ministry said.
Qatar also welcomed the western-based Government of National Accord's acceptance of the calls, it said.
Doha hopes all factions in the Libyan crisis, as well as the regional and international actors, would support this initiative, said the statement.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following their meeting in Istanbul on Wednesday, called on the warring factions in Libya to reach cease-fire at midnight on Jan. 12.
Also, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, at a joint press conference with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Istanbul on Wednesday, said he wished the cease-fire would encourage the Berlin process aimed at bringing an end to the conflict in war-torn Libya.
