The head of the Libyan government recognized by the UN, Fayez al-Sarraj, on Thursday (September 24) denounced before the Organization's Annual General Assembly the behavior of the armed militias in his country, which risk endangering the fragile ceasefire. observed fire.
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In his video address, pre-recorded for the Assembly which is being held essentially virtually because of the pandemic, the official, who announced that he wanted to leave his post by the end of October, welcomed the commitments of political leaders in the east. of Libya, opposed to its power, to stop the violence and resume oil production.
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However, we have not seen cooperation from armed groups and aggressive militias
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In fact, we have only seen hostile statements from their spokespersons and violations committed by their forces,
" he said.
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Consequently, they will be held responsible for any military confrontation and any resulting destruction and victims
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The government of Fayez al-Sarraj has been supported since the end of last year by Turkey.
His opponent in the east, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, for his part has support in particular from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Russia.
Fayez al-Sarraj asked for the support of the United Nations to organize elections.
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The Libyans have waited too long for these elections,
" he lamented.
After months of divisions between members of the Security Council, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, must soon appoint a new envoy for Libya, to succeed the Lebanese Ghassan Salamé, who resigned in early March for health reasons.
Among the names circulating is that of the current envoy for the Middle East, the Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov.
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Germany plans to organize a videoconference on Libya at a ministerial level on October 5 in order to relaunch peace efforts in this country, which has been in chaos since the fall in 2011. of Muammar Gaddafi.
