Libya .. Dabaiba warns of igniting war again and accuses the mercenaries of preventing his government from entering Sirte

The head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba, warned of attempts to re-ignite war in the country, stressing that his government was unable to enter the city of Sirte because of the mercenaries.

In a speech delivered yesterday evening, Thursday, during his meeting with ministers, members of Parliament and notables of the Tajoura suburb east of the capital, Tripoli, Dabaiba warned of those he called war merchants, saying that “there are people whose wealth is from this damned war.” Read also After entrenching in the east, what prompted Egypt to enter Libya from the west?5 agreements between Libya and Turkey .. This is what the national unity government wantsLe Monde: Greece seeks to exclude Libya from Turkish influence

He added, “We can say that the war is over, but there are those who seek to ignite it again,” without mentioning a specific party, calling on the Libyans not to push their children to war again.

He revealed  that the mercenaries tried to prevent his delegation from landing at the airport in the city of Sirte (450 kilometers east of Tripoli), which is subject to the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, and that Russian mercenaries from the “Wagner” security company are fighting with those forces.

Regarding what happened in Sirte, the head of the Libyan National Unity Government said, “We could not enter Sirte airport, who is Libyan and on Libyan soil, due to the presence of mercenaries at the airport,” indicating that the forces stationed there asked the government delegation to enter the city by land, but the government I refused it.

Dabaiba said, “We told them we will come by plane, and this is a Libyan airport, and no one can prevent us from disembarking at the Libyan airports,” stressing the need for the mercenaries to leave Libya and achieve national reconciliation.

Haftar’s forces had recently prevented a plane carrying a delegation from the National Unity Government from landing at Benghazi Airport (eastern Libya) under the pretext of the lack of agreement on security arrangements, and the delegation was preparing for the visit that Dabaiba was scheduled to make last Monday.

Talks in Tobruk

In Tobruk, which in turn is located in eastern Libya, the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Muhammad Al-Manfi, discussed with the members of the Council of notables and elders of the city ways to make national reconciliation successful. Advertising

Earlier this month, the Libyan Presidential Council announced the establishment of a supreme national

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Security Council and mercenaries

In New York, the UN Security Council held an informal session yesterday, Thursday, which was devoted to discussing the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries from Libya, a demand that the Libyan National Unity Government insists on.

The ambassador of Vietnam, whose country currently chairs the Security Council, said that the council stressed the need to implement the ceasefire agreement reached by the Libyan parties on October 23 in Geneva, which stipulated the withdrawal of mercenaries within 90 days of the agreement’s entry into force.

In response to a question about a specific date for the withdrawal of mercenaries, the Vietnamese ambassador added that it is difficult to predict that, as the withdrawal of these depends on many factors, foremost of which is the political will of the members of the UN Security Council.

In the context, the Associated Press quoted diplomats in New York that representatives of member states of the Security Council indicated during a session on Thursday that the number of foreign mercenaries in Libya exceeds the number estimated by the United Nations last December, which is 24,000, including 13 A thousand Syrians and 11 thousand Sudanese.

And earlier this month, in parallel with American and European calls, the head of the national unity government in Libya requested support from the international community to get the mercenaries out of Libya.

For his part, the head of the UN mission in Libya, Jan Kubis, said two days ago that the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces should begin without delay as a decisive measure for the stability of the country and the security of the region.