Qatar’s overseas minister says the Gulf state backs efforts to finish instability and ‘overseas interference’ in Libya.
Qatar has reiterated its assist to Libya’s internationally-backed political course of, which goals to finish 10 years of chaos and “overseas interference” within the North African nation.
“We assist the UN-sponsored political course of within the hope that it preserves the territorial integrity of Libya and prevents overseas interference in its affairs,” Qatari Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani mentioned on a go to to the Libyan capital on Sunday.
“Our exchanges had been fruitful, specifically on assist for the transition course of in Libya … Qatar’s place is agency,” he instructed reporters, standing alongside his Libyan counterpart, Najla al-Mangoush.
Since Libya’s new authorities took energy, a number of nations have reopened embassies, and al-Mangoush mentioned she hoped that Doha would quickly comply with go well with.
“I feel I’ve had excellent news,” al-Mangoush added, with out offering additional particulars.
The toppling and killing of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 NATO-backed rebellion plunged Libya right into a bloody wrestle for energy.
However in October, rival teams signed a truce, setting in movement a United Nations-led course of.
Libya’s interim unity government got here into being in March, changing two rival administrations – one the UN-recognised authorities based mostly within the capital Tripoli and the opposite within the nation’s east allied to renegade commander Khalifa Haftar – to guide the nation to elections in December.
“Qatar performed an important function in supporting the Libyans’ ambitions to turn into a democratic state,” mentioned Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina, reporting from Tripoli.
Traina mentioned the Qatari delegation and their Libyan hosts mentioned methods stabilising Libya to permit for elections to happen on the finish of the yr.
Qatar, together with Turkey, had backed the federal government within the west of Libya, whereas nations together with the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Egypt had backed the jap forces.
In accordance with the UN, greater than 20,000 overseas mercenaries and navy personnel are nonetheless in Libya.
