France, Britain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States and Italy, have called for an immediate end of hostilities around the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and warned, terrorist groups are attempting to exploit the country’s security vacuum.
In a rare joint statement issued, the six countries urged Libya’s warring parties to return to a UN-mediated political process, aimed at restoring peace in the sprawling North African state.
It said persistent violence has claimed more than one thousand lives, displaced thousands, and fuelled a growing humanitarian emergency. Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s Libya National Army has been battling rival militias since April, in a bid to wrestle control of Tripoli from Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord.
