Congolese Foreign Minister in Tunis to discuss ways to resolve the Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad, Jean-Claude Gakosso, whose country chairs the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya on Friday discussed "regional and international efforts to find solutions to the Libyan crisis".
"The resumption of the path of political settlement and the cessation of the bloodshed of the Libyan people, while preserving the unity and sovereignty of the brother country", was on the menu of the talks in Tunis, specified a press release from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the statement, "the visit of the Congolese minister will be an opportunity to study the means of advancing relations and cooperation existing between the two friendly countries and the means to strengthen them in various areas."
The source said that during the visit, Mr. Gakosso will deliver a message from the Congolese president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, to his Tunisian counterpart, Kaïs Saïed.
Libya has been in the grip of a military escalation since April 4, following the military offensive against Tripoli by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, exacerbated by foreign interference which fueled the tension with the adoption by the Turkish Parliament of Sending troops to support the government of national accord in the face of the presence of Russian, Sudanese and Chadian mercenaries alongside Haftar.
"We recall that the African Union should participate in the Berlin Conference on Libya scheduled for the second half of January this year to proclaim a cease-fire in Libya and relaunch the political process as a prelude to a settlement agreement of the crisis between Libyans.
The African Union which invested heavily during the 32nd Ordinary Summit last February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the search for a solution in Libya through the adoption of a roadmap and the requirement to be associated by the United Nations in the efforts deployed in the Libyan crisis, has been marginalized.
A proposal to appoint a joint Special Envoy between the African Union and the United Nations has been rejected by member countries of the Security Council, in this case the United States and France.
-0- PANA BY/IS/KND/VAO 10Jan2020
