Western rejection of the division in Libya... A loose statement or a gesture to resolve the crisis in the country?

He added - in his speech to the "Beyond the News" program (25/6/2022) - that this statement is loose and unclear, but it only stresses the continuation of the Geneva Agreement, which requires holding elections according to which the government will change, and it confirms the course of the United Nations, which rejects violence and bargains during change of government.

A joint US-European statement had confirmed its rejection of any measure that might lead to division in Libya or the seizure of power by force, and stressed the country's need for a government capable of governing and holding elections. Head of the National Unity Government Abdel Hamid Dabaiba.

In this regard, Kreikesh made it clear that each party inside Libya deems the statement to its own account, as the Prime Minister-designate of the Libyan House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha, took from the text that it is necessary to go to a unified government that governs all parts of the country until elections are held.

different interpretation

On the other hand, he made it clear that the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, took the part related to the absence of a parallel government and moving forward with the Geneva Agreement, noting that the wording of the statement was a compromise between countries whose positions differ towards Libya, and this is what each party exploited to appear before Libyan public opinion. That is what is meant by the statement.

For his part, Professor of International Relations at the American University, William Lawrence, described the timing of the European position as critical and vital because it comes during the end of the mandate given to the transitional period, stressing that the negotiations in Cairo did not succeed regarding the constitutional basis for elections in the country.

He also considered that the statement was deliberately ambiguous, pointing to some correlation between the Libyan crisis and Russia's war on Ukraine, "because Libya with other countries will produce 3 million of gas."

He added that Libya should participate with half a million barrels of gas and new investments, and therefore it can play a big role in order to impose pressure on Russia so that Ukraine can defend itself.