Libya's Supreme Council of State has condemned what it called the Egyptian government's blatant interference in Libyan affairs, while the United Nations has expressed its desire to reach a permanent ceasefire in the country.
The Libyan Council accused Egypt of working to confuse the scene in Libya, and violate the resolutions of the Security Council, to support Libyan parties and provide them with weapons.
The Council called on the Government of National Accord and the Libyan Foreign Ministry to take a strong position to put an end to these interventions.
The Supreme Council of State added that considering the Egyptian Foreign Ministry as the only elected institution in Libya, and the only one entrusted with ratifying any road map, is an explicit distortion of reality and a clear violation of all the agreements recognized by the UN and the Security Council, which states that the House of Representatives is in the best position. Its condition is one of the three internationally recognized objects.
These statements are not the first of its kind. The Council has already said that it has intelligence that Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates are arranging to become more involved with the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter to attack the capital Tripoli using airplanes and quality weapons.
The three countries are backing Hifter's forces with weapons and personnel. The government of national reconciliation has previously found French weapons inside a Hefter base in the western city of Gharyan.
The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has already acknowledged that his country supports Hifter in his operations against "terrorism" in Libya, which faces "extremist" groups supported by Turkey, as described.
International endeavors
For its part, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya announced its desire to reach a permanent ceasefire after the end of the humanitarian truce during the Eid al-Adha.
The mission confirmed in a statement that the indiscriminate shells that landed at Mitiga airport east of Tripoli came from south of Tripoli.
The breaches of the Eid truce included the overflights of the flights over Tripoli and Misrata, the exchange of artillery shelling between Al-Wefaq forces and the retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, as well as the military escalation in the southwestern city of Murzuq.
Although the mission did not specify in its statement who was responsible for these violations, all the targeted points and areas are under the control of the internationally recognized government of al-Wefaq forces, which for months have been repelling attacks by Hifter's forces on the capital and its environs.
Since April 4, Hifter's offensive to control Tripoli has left more than 1,000 dead and more than 5,500 wounded, according to the World Health Organization. Since 2011, the oil-rich country has suffered from an armed struggle for legitimacy and power, which is currently centered between the Wefaq government and Hifter.