G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union reaffirmed in a statement their commitment to preserving Libya’s sovereignty, stability, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity, and support a positive response to Libya’s request to the UN Security Council for international assistance to enhance security coordination among Libyan security forces throughout the country.
“We deplore Russia’s malign activities in Libya, which undermine Libyan sovereignty and regional security and we call for the withdrawal of all foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya without delay. We strongly support the longstanding efforts by the United Nations and UNSMIL officer in charge Stephanie Koury to facilitate meaningful and inclusive dialogue among Libyan parties in order to reverse institutional fragmentation and move towards sustainable stability and security.” The statement indicated.
It said that in this regard, the recent agreement on the appointment of the new leadership of the Central Bank of Libya represents an opportunity to relaunch a process towards a comprehensive political agreement based on compromise. That will pave the way towards free, fair and inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections conducive to the reunification of Libya’s government and political, economic and military institutions.
“We furthermore affirm our support for the High National Elections Commission and the first round of municipal elections held on November 16, which offer Libyans the chance to exercise their democratic rights.” The statement further added.
