DUBAI: The only acceptable path forward in the Libya conflict involves “an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire and a return to the political process,” a senior Emirati minister said on Tuesday.
“The UAE’s position on the Libyan crisis has been firm and clear and shared by the majority of the international community,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Twitter.
The UAE’s position on the Libyan crisis has been firm and clear & shared by the majority of the international community - the only acceptable path forward involves an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire & return to the political process.
— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) May 19, 2020
“The only acceptable path forward involves an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire and return to the political process.”
Libya has been in turmoil since a civil war toppled and later killed Muammar Qaddafi in 2011.
This crisis has been going for almost ten years; Libyans will not have the chance to create a stable or prosperous country until combatants aim higher than tactical territorial gains. These are mirages of victory and no substitute for a political process.
— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) May 19, 2020
The is split between rival administrations in the east and the west.
Gargash added: “Libyans will not have the chance to create a stable or prosperous country until combatants aim higher than tactical territorial gains.”
