By RFIPosted on 08-28-2019 Modified 28-08-2019 at 00:03

The final declaration of the G7 summit on Sunday (August 25th) called for an international conference to end the crisis in Libya. The G7 countries also affirmed their support for the work of the United Nations to set up an inter-Libyan conference.

For Westerners, it is time to put an end to the conflict in Libya by focusing on a political solution and maintaining the status quo around Tripoli, as both parties are unable to prevail. The solution will therefore go through two conferences. On the one hand, an inter-Libyan conference , revised and corrected version of that planned by Ghassan Salamé, the UN special envoy, before the war broke out. No dates and even less the place of this meeting were disclosed.

According to our information, it looks however more inclusive. Military leaders of Misrata and Zintan, heavyweights of the conflict will be invited, it is said in diplomatic circles.

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According to Libyan sources, Ghassan Salamé also met in Tunis Oussama Jouili, the leader of the forces of the West, a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood and who would condition a truce to guarantees of security for his fighters.

The stated objective of this inter-Libyan conference is to lay a new foundation for the previous conference held in Skhirat in Morocco in 2016, to allow, in the long term, to reunify the Libyan executive, now divided between East and West.

The other conference, international this time, is scheduled in New York in late September, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the UN Security Council. After being divided, Westerners now show pragmatism, more determined to get out of the crisis. In this perspective, France is consulting with London and Rome and seeking to establish a lasting truce in Tripoli nearly five months after the start of the conflict. For the international community, it is essential to adopt more realistic solutions and to compel the belligerents to stick to them.

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