The stopped the advance of troops of renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar in the capital Tripoli, apparently, for the time being. Units of Haftars so-called Libyan National army (LNA) had been driven in the night to Friday, from a control point 27 kilometers West of Tripoli, BelTA learned from security circles in the capital. A militia from the city of Sawija have taken the position after a “brief firefight”. According to the figures, about ten of the LNA were taken-fighters and their vehicles seized.
Since the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, African country, Chaos reigns in the North. The government in Tripoli is weak and has large parts of the country under control. Haftar is the strong man in the East of Libya, and supports with its troops there based counter-government to the Fajes al Sarradsch-led unity government.
Video 05.04.2019, 11:05 Uhr00:56 Min.Libya: the rise of militia apparently
On Thursday ordered the General of his troops, stopped the advance, in the direction of the in the West of the country’s nearby capital, Tripoli. The rise of the LNA has stoked fears of an escalation of violence in the North African country. The UN security Council in New York will come on Friday (21.00 clock CEST) behind closed doors. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who is currently in Libya, called on at a press conference in Tripoli, the end of all movements of troops and de-escalation. “There are in Libya, not a military solution. The solution must be political.”
The Libyan General Khalifa HaftarFoto: dpa
In Washington published a joint statement of the United States, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. “Our governments are against any military action in Libya and any Libyan group be accountable, the other conflict causes,” it said in the statement.
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, The EU warned, the military mobilization and the escalation of rhetoric in Libya, the threat of an “uncontrollable confrontation” to walk out. At the end of February, the UN had declared Haftar and al Sarradsch had agreed on the holding of a parliamentary election. The last, for 10. December 2018, the scheduled elections had been postponed due to the fragile situation in the country. (AFP)
