Turkish President Erdogan meeting Libyan GNA Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Libya's United Nations backed government, Feyaz Sarraj, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday.

The meeting comes on the day an internationally brokered ceasefire takes effect in Libya, though immediate reports of violations by both sides raised concerns it might not stick.

The truce, which was proposed by Russia and Turkey, could be the first break in fighting in months, and the first brokered by international players.

Earlier this week, Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin released a joint statement after a meeting in Istanbul calling for the 12 January truce.

They did not specify what the conditions would be.

Both Russia and Turkey have been accused of exacerbating the conflict in Libya by giving military aid to its warring parties.

Libya’s war has crippled the country for more than seven years, displacing hundreds of thousands and leaving more than a million in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.