ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says it has named a new ambassador to Libya and is preparing to reopen its embassy there.
The announcement comes in the wake of Libyan rebels' overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Selcuk Unal says ambassador-designate Ali Kemal Aydin and other embassy staff left for Tripoli on Thursday. Aydin will oversee the embassy's reopening but formally take up his new post at a later date.
Turkey withdrew its embassy staff from Tripoli for security reasons in May. It also assisted in NATO's airstrike campaign in Libya, which greatly aided the rebels' advance.
In July, Turkey recognized the opposition rebel group as Libya's legitimate representatives and reassigned its previous ambassador to a post in Ankara.
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