German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invited countries and organizations participating in the Berlin process on Libya to attend a second conference in the capital, Berlin, on the 23rd of this month.
A statement issued by the German Foreign Ministry said that the conference will discuss the progress made since the first Berlin conference, and the steps required to achieve sustainable stability in Libya. Read also After Dabaiba’s statements to Al-Jazeera, where is Haft’s position in the Libyan equation?Ankara called for not to confuse them with its forces.. Turkey and Germany stress the need for foreign mercenaries to leave Libya He warned against making any changes.. A European-American statement stressing the holding of the Libyan elections on time
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The German statement said that it is the first time that the Interim Government of National Unity in Libya will participate in the conference.
Berlin hosted the first round of UN-sponsored talks on January 19, 2020, in which the leaders of both sides of the Libyan conflict participated, along with the presidents of Russia, Turkey, France and Egypt, in an effort to bring peace to the country.
During the meeting, the leaders pledged to put an end to all outside interference in the conflict, and to ensure the implementation of the arms embargo.
An official truce last October led to the formation of an interim government tasked with uniting Libya’s divided institutions, launching reconstruction efforts, and preparing for the December elections.
But Jan Kubisch, the UN envoy to Libya, indicated last month that there had been a stalemate in achieving progress on issues such as the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries and the reopening of the road linking eastern and western Libya.
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi stressed his country’s position on the necessity of removing mercenaries and all foreign forces from Libya, and reaching an institutional structure on constitutional grounds to reach a national reconciliation process in Libya before the end of the year, according to the media office of the Libyan Prime Minister.
During a joint press statement in Rome with his Libyan counterpart Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, Draghi said that his country stands by Libya at this stage, which he described as complicated.
For his part, Dabaiba affirmed that his visit to Rome reflects the strong will to find unified coordination mechanisms in the face of common security challenges, and to expand the circle of participation in facing the phenomenon of migration.
The Libyan Prime Minister met his Italian counterpart in a session of an economic forum at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters. Dabaiba described the security in his country as being better than it was, and that Italy was one of the first partners in the oil and reconstruction sectors, developing hospitals and infrastructure, and raising oil production rates.
In turn, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio confirmed that the volume of trade cooperation with Libya is the highest in the level within North Africa and the Middle East.