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AU calls for greater role in resolving Libyan crisis

Statement proposes appointment of joint AU-UN envoy

By ANA - Sep 30,2019 - Last updated at Sep 30,2019

JOHANNESBURG — The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) believes that it needs to play a greater role in finding a solution to Libya’s ongoing political and military crisis.

The PSC asserted this in a statement following the African ministerial meeting, organised by Morocco, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.

Expressing deep concern over the civil war raging on the outskirts of the capital Tripoli, the statement proposed the appointment of a joint AU-UN envoy to Libya, before warning that the country’s instability could have far-reaching implications for the security and stability of the region and the continent as a whole.

Meanwhile, following previous reports of foreign intervention fuelling the ongoing fighting in Tripoli between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) under the command of renegade General Khalifa Haftar, the presidential council confirmed that the belongings of Russian mercenaries had been discovered south of the capital after it was reported last week that three Russian mercenaries had been killed in air strikes targeting the LNA.

Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, Turkey and Russia all stand accused of supporting opposing sides in the fight to take Tripoli.

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