Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said his country’s position on the situation in Libya is to reject military action and to keep a distance from all the parties involved in the crisis.

As both the warring Libyan sides pour over every reported phone call and every reported utterance by the international community for signs of support, U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo yesterday urged a quick ceasefire that would lead to political talks. He warned against continued foreign interference.

Turkey dismissed Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire in Libya, calling the plan an attempt to rescue military commander Khalifa Haftar after his forces were defeated in a 14-month campaign to take the capital Tripoli.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “some agreements” were reached with his US counterpart Donald Trump that could herald a “new era” in the conflict in Libya.

At a Cairo press conference yesterday led by Egypt President Sissi, Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR) head Ageela Saleh, and Libyan National Army (LNA) commander, Khalifa Hafter, launched a peace initiative for Libya. Much of the initiative is the recycling of what has passed before, including Saleh’s April eight-point initiative.

Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephen Dujarric, has admitted that finding a new UN envoy to Libya is no easy task.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Moscow on Wednesday with the Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala and the member of the Presidential Council Ahmed Mitig to discuss recent developments in the country, including the return of Russian companies “once the situation stabilized,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in …

Speaker of Tripoli-based House of Representatives, Hamouda Sayala said that the speaker of east Libya parliament, Aguila Saleh could not be a political partner, as he was a supporter of the military coup initiated by Khalifa Haftar.

Russia and Turkey are again taking the lead in efforts to find a solution to Libya’s near decade-long crisis – and hoping in the process to carve out spheres of influence for themselves in the oil-rich North African nation.

Algeria has emphasised the pivotal role that the neighbouring countries and the African Union should play in supporting the international process of settling the Libyan crisis.