Germany and other European nations have suspected Ankara of violating the United Nations Security Council’s arms embargo against civil-war-torn Libya. On Monday, German authorities confirmed that an attempted inspection of a Turkish-flagged cargo ship bound for the North African nation was stopped following a vocal protest by Turkish authorities.
Members of the split Libyan Parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), meeting in Tangiers agreed yesterday to hold a unified session in Ghadames, Libya, next week.
One month after the Libyan military agreement, General Khalifa Haftar’s militia has shown no indication of implementing the accord’s conditions, which require the evacuation of mercenaries from the frontlines of the Sirte-Jafra axis.
The former US envoy to Libya Jonathan Winer said Washington could adopt a “pragmatic approach” to Libya under the new Joe Biden Administration to replace the negligence approach of Donald Trump Administration.
The Acting UN Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, has stressed the need to address the fragile situation in Libya and work on all tracks to tackle the crisis.
The UN-recognised government in Tripoli and its US allies are banking on the incoming President-elect Joe Biden administration to ramp up Washington’s focus on Libya and deal a death blow to the political ambitions of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.
Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory