Tripoli, December 31, 2022 (LANA) – The German Ambassador to Libya, “Michael Unmacht”, called on the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, and all active institutions in the country to respond to the aspirations of the Libyan people, and to speed up the development of the constitutional framework organizing the elections, stressing the need for everyone to assume responsibility, and that “The solution to the crisis in Libya must be peaceful.”
The German ambassador added, in statements to the newspaper “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat” yesterday, Friday, regarding his response to a question about who should bear the consequences of the Libyan crisis, especially after a year has passed since the elections were postponed. The ambassador expressed his thoughts by saying; “the first responsibility is assumed by the Libyans before any other party”.
The ambassador also saw the need for a solution regarding the elections, and while pointing out that “the Libyans must make the decision themselves,” he said that the UN envoy, Abdullah Batili, is working to achieve this goal.
The German ambassador underestimated that the European role in Libya had declined in favor of the United States and the capitals of regional countries, saying that the tracks of the two Berlin conferences that were held in the German capital to resolve the Libyan crisis are still continuing.
He added that the working groups emanating from the two conferences are still working, explaining, “If it is necessary to hold a (third forum) in Berlin in order to take pivotal steps, we are ready to organize this forum and support the work of the United Nations in this regard.”
With regard to the security situation, he stressed the need for all foreign forces, mercenaries and foreign fighters to leave Libyan territory, “regardless of their nationality, whether they belong to Russia, Turkey or any other nationality, within the framework of commitment to Security Council resolutions and the final decisions of the (Berlin 1 & 2) meetings, recalling in this regard the demands and calls of the Libyan Joint Military Committee (5 5) for all those foreign forces and mercenaries to leave the country.
In this context, the German ambassador, in his dialogue with “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat”, highlighted the recent meeting of the security working group of the Berlin process, which focused on “restoring the state’s monopoly on the use of force, including the process of disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating armed groups,” stressing that “the solution to the crisis In Libya, it must be peaceful.”
Source: Libyan News Agency