GNA, Libyan army at the table of negotiations again   

The mission said in a statement at dawn today, Tuesday, that it welcomes the acceptance of both the Government of National Accord and the Libyan army to resume ceasefire talks and related security arrangements based on the draft agreement that the mission presented to the parties during the talks of the Joint Military Commission (5 + 5) on February 23 February 2020.

The United Nations Mission to Libya confirmed that the two parties' return to dialogue is a response to the desire and calls of the overwhelming majority of Libyans who are eager to return to a safe and dignified life as quickly as possible, and expressed its hope to stop the hostilities and limit public mobilization and the practice of hate speech, in order to reach a solution that restores the state Its institutions and prestige.

The mission added that it also hoped that the resumption of the military commission's talks would mark the beginning of a calm on the ground and a humanitarian truce to allow the possibility of reaching a final ceasefire agreement. It stressed the need for the parties to commit to fully delegating their representatives in the negotiations to enable them to complete the ceasefire agreement, a large part of which was achieved in the previous two rounds.

In addition, the international mission supporting the two parties to the conflict demanded compliance with what was agreed upon in the outputs of the Berlin Conference, the various Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 2,510 (2020), the arms embargo and the cessation of all forms of military support permanently.

So far, neither the parties to the conflict, Accord Government or the Libyan army, have issued any official confirmation of their agreement to enter into new ceasefire negotiations, in light of the ongoing military escalation inside the fighting axes, whether south of Tripoli or the Libyan western towns.

It is mentioned that the previous two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of former UN envoy Ghassan Salameh in the Swiss city of Geneva, and brought together officers representing the Accord forces and the Libyan army, ended without reaching any result, Accord Government stipulated that the army withdraw from its positions in the capital, Tripoli, while the latter requested the expulsion of the mercenaries that Turkey had entered into Libya, and the disarming of the "militias."

And in the middle of last January, the two sides signed a cease-fire agreement called by Turkey and Russia, but the warriors exchanged accusations of violating the agreement and violating the armistice, so that the military combat operations continue in western Libya until today.

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ANHA