Preparations in Berlin ahead of the start of the Libya conference are coming together to agree on its final statement, which is expected to include six items, including: reforms in the fields of economy and security, as well as a permanent ceasefire and the implementation of the arms embargo.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that preparatory meetings are taking place in the German Chancellery, with the participation of representatives of the participating countries.
The United Nations has prepared an internal document outlining Libya's support paths towards a permanent ceasefire and an arms embargo to it. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres referred the paper to members of the UN Security Council last Wednesday.
Ghassan Salama, the UN envoy to Libya, called for stopping all forms of external interference, and said that the conference will come out with a set of resolutions, including support for an internal Libyan conference expected to be held in Geneva at the end of this month.
The UN envoy warned of what he called playing oil in Libya, and stressed that the Libyan livelihood should not be turned into a weapon of war.
The conference aims to end foreign interference and divisions over Libya, establish a truce between the parties to the conflict, return to a Libyan-led political process, and ban the supply of arms to Libya.
But there are challenges before the conference, including the convergence of the views of conflicting European countries, the goals and aspirations in Libya, especially France and Italy.
Presence and absence
The conference will be attended by the United States of America, Russia, France, Britain, China, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Egypt, the Emirates, Algeria and the Congo. The upcoming conference, Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Presidency Council of the Libyan Accord Government - internationally recognized - and retired Major Khalifa Haftar will attend.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Berlin in the evening of a two-day visit to Germany, during which he will participate in the conference, with the participation of the actors in Libya.
For its part, Tunisia apologized for participating in the conference, and the Tunisian Foreign Ministry attributed this - in a statement to it - to the late receipt of the invitation from the German chancellor, and to Tunisia's absence from the preparatory track for the conference.
The Ministry stressed Tunisia's permanent adherence to peace and security within the framework of international legitimacy, a commitment not to interfere in Libyan internal affairs, and to stand at the same distance from all Libyan parties, and stressed the need to find a political solution away from external interventions that have harmed the Libyan people.
Morocco also expressed its deep surprise at its exclusion from the conference, and a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation and Moroccans residing abroad stressed that "the Kingdom of Morocco has always been at the forefront of international efforts to settle the Libyan crisis."
The statement said that the Kingdom of Morocco does not understand the criteria or the motives that dictated the selection of the countries participating in this meeting, noting that "the host country of this conference, far from the region and the ramifications of the Libyan crisis, cannot transform it into a tool to advance its national interests."