<span style="color: #222222;">Libya's United Nations-supported Government has welcomed Russian and Turkish calls for a ceasefire in the country's ongoing civil war.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Tripoli-based Government led by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj released a statement late yesterday expressing its full support of any serious calls for the resumption of the political process and the elimination of the specter of war. The calls for a stop to the fighting came amid a flurry of diplomatic activity by European powers yesterday. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Turkish President Recep Tayep Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin released a joint statement after a meeting in Istanbul calling for a January 12th ceasefire to the battles between forces loyal to Sarraj's Government and the eastern-based Libyan National Army, LNA.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' In their joint statement, the Russian and Turkish Presidents did not mention the conditions of their suggested ceasefire. Libyan National Army forces have yet to officially respond to the Russian-Turkish ceasefire calls. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Libya is currently governed by duelling authorities in the east and in the west. The east-based government, backed by LNA forces, is supported by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, as well as France and Russia. The western, Tripoli-based government receives aid from Turkey, Qatar and Italy.</span><br />