Belgium: EU expresses concern over sending Turkish troops to Libya
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has expressed serious concerns about the decision of the Turkish Parliament approving the deployment of Turkish forces in Libya, according to a press release from the European External Action Service (EEAS) sent on Monday to the press.
It is recalled that with 325 votes to 184, the Turkish Parliament last Friday adopted a motion giving the Turkish army a one-year mandate to intervene in Libya.
An EEAS spokesperson insisted that "there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis", adding that "actions to support those fighting on the ground will only further destabilize the country and the region as a whole. "
For the EU, it is imperative that all protagonists and international partners fully respect the UN arms embargo.
The EU calls on the international community to support the efforts of the UN Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, as well as the Berlin process, where the international conference on Libya to be held under the aegis of the United Nations will be held shortly - "The only way to achieve a peaceful, stable and secure Libya," the statement said.
The European Union will also continue to actively support all appeasement measures and steps "leading to an effective cease-fire and the resumption of political negotiations".
An EEAS spokesperson explained that there was no military solution to the Libyan crisis and that it could only be resolved by a political solution negotiated on the basis of proposals recently presented by the UN.
The UN has called on all Libyan parties to cease all military action and to resume political dialogue, calling on the international community to respect the arms embargo.
According to the EEAS, all participants in the Berlin Process should work "constructively" to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Libyan conflict which preserves Libyan sovereignty and which is negotiated for the benefit of all Libyans.
Meanwhile, we learned that the city of Syria fell, during the night of Sunday to Monday, under the control of the troops of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, at the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which headquarters is in Benghazi.
The arrival of Turkish troops, not yet confirmed, is in support of the forces of the government of national accord, led by Farraj, which is recognized by the UN and the international community.
The situation in which Libya finds itself today stems from the death of Colonel Moammar Gaddafi, killed in April 2011 during the intensive NATO air strikes in Libya on the pretext that the Libyan leader was preparing to bomb the city of Benghazi where part of the population is said to have risen against his power.
At the time, at least 3 million Africans lived peacefully in Libya, a country they have since started to flee to this day, in particular by makeshift boats leaving off Libya towards Europe (Italy).
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