North African general had initially vowed to continue fighting on to capture Tripoli. FMTNews KhalifaHaftar
General Khalifa Haftar had initially vowed to continue fighting to capture Tripoli.
Haftar’s forces on Saturday agreed to the ceasefire from midnight on Sunday, but warned of a “severe” response to any violation by the “opposing camp”, a reference to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord led by Fayez al-Sarraj. Merkel, making her first visit to Russia since 2018, said she hoped “the Turkish-Russian efforts will be successful,” calling a ceasefire a first step in a peace process.
Libya is now divided between the GNA in Tripoli and Haftar’s forces in the east and the south and European governments are concerned about Islamist militants and migrant smugglers taking advantage of the chaos.Putin and Merkel both backed a Libya peace conference in Berlin being organised by UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, which could be held in the coming weeks.
“All this undermines stability not only in the region itself but has a negative influence on Europe”, he added, citing smuggling of drugs and weapons.
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