Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the country's internationally recognized government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday, adding that Ankara had only deployed military advisers and trainers so far. 

Last week, Erdogan said Turkey had begun sending troops to Tripoli. He has also previously said Ankara would deploy troops. 

Speaking to reporters on a flight back from a Libya conference in Berlin, Erdogan said Turkey's efforts at the international conference had set the groundwork for a ceasefire between the warring parties, according to broadcaster NTV. He added that Turkey's presence in the North African country increased hopes for peace. 

Libya has been torn by fighting between rival armed factions since 2011. Most recently, troops of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj have been under attack since April from the troops of Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA). 

Haftar walked away from talks in Moscow aimed at finalizing a ceasefire orchestrated by Russia and Turkey last week. 

Erdogan had warned that Turkey will not refrain from "teaching a lesson" to commander Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the Tripoli-based government.

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In an interview with Reuters on Monday, Serraj said his government would respect the Berlin summit's decision to establish a ceasefire in Tripoli and open intra-Libyan talks to end conflict as part of a United Nations-led plan. 

But he ruled out meeting Haftar again. In Berlin Serraj and Haftar conferred with world leaders but did not meet each other. 

"For me it's clear....We will not sit down again with the other side," Serraj said, adding that the question of peacemaking dialogue should not be limited to a meeting of two leaders.

Participants in the Germany-called Libya Conference on Sunday agreed to respect the arms embargo and truce in the north African country and pledged to establish an oversight mechanism to ensure long-term peace. 
  
"We had very serious negotiations here," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the media after the conference. "This conference made an important contribution to driving peace efforts forward." 
  
"All participants agreed that 'we need a political solution'," said Merkel. "In the past few days, it had become clear once again that military intervention was by no means a solution. All participants worked very constructively together." 
  
The conference will be followed by the first steps to implementing the results. There should soon be a meeting that should lay the foundation for a solid ceasefire, said the German chancellor.

According to the 55-point Conference Conclusions issued after the meeting, all participants agreed that "we commit to unequivocally and fully respect and implement the arms embargo established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) and the Council's subsequent Resolutions, including the proliferation of arms from Libya, and called on all international actors to do the same. 

Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, attended the conference as Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative. 

Yang called for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Libya, adding that parties concerned should restart dialogue and reconciliation as soon as possible.

(With input from Reuters, Xinhua)