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January 30, 2020 Repeated violations of the ceasefire in Libya are worrying. And above all, the continuous strengthening of the forces on the field is worrying thanks to the sending of men and weapons by the great international sponsors of the warring factions.

France: "Turkish armored vehicles landed in Tripoli"
The moves of the Ankara government are under accusation. A Turkish frigate escorted an armored ship to Libya. This was stated by a French military source in conversation with the France Presse agency. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle located the Bana ship yesterday. Flying the Lebanese flag, the Bana made a stop in the port of Tripoli. Today the ship, according to the Marine Traffic website, is off the coast of Sicily and sails on the route to Genoa.

Macron: "Erdogan does not keep his word"
Yesterday, receiving the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, it was the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to accuse the Turkish one, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of "not keeping the word" taken at the Berlin Conference, when the international community decided to ensure implementation of the truce and the arms embargo in Libya.

French military ships in the eastern Mediterranean
Furthermore, Paris has decided to send some military ships to the Eastern Mediterranean to oppose the recent Turkish moves in the region, where Ankara ships are present in block 8 of Cyprus for the drilling of energy fields. At the end of the summit, the Greek Prime Minister defined the French frigates that will be deployed in the Mediterranean as "guarantors of peace". "The only way to end differences in the eastern Mediterranean is through international justice," said Mitsotakis.

Haftar drone shot down south of Tripoli
News from the Libyan conflict is not reassuring. A "Russian orlan type reconnaissance plane", therefore a drone, of the forces of General Khalifa Haftar was shot down "on the south of Tripoli". This was announced by the facebook page "rage volcano", the defense operation of the Libyan capital where Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj is seated, without providing any other details. The number of Haftar drones, also Chinese, that the pro-government line-up claims to have shot down since last April, that is since the beginning of the attack on Tripoli, rose to nine.

Salamé: "Truce is only ink on paper"
The truce in Libya has been violated and today it is nothing but ink on paper. The United Nations Special Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamè said so. The Lebanese diplomat expressed concern about the military escalation as both sides of the conflict receive assistance from foreign countries, which represents a further violation of the agreement reached at the end of the Berlin Conference two weeks ago.

Conte: "Just get weapons to Libya"
'I want to launch an appeal, I will do it by hearing all the protagonists: refrain from continuing to bring weapons, to acquire additional soldiers. It is not the solution, it is not a military confrontation that could lead to overwhelm the other front, also for the typical characteristics of that scenario. We work for a political, peaceful solution. ' The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, said this to reporters who asked him to comment on the breaking of the truce in Libya.

"The only solution is politics"
Unfortunately, as already during the Berlin Conference - Conte underlined - there were clear signs that the actors on the ground who embraced the military option were continuing to strengthen their own front. For us, this path leads to nothing. If you want the goal of peace and prosperity to move further and further away for Libya, continue to do so. '' Vice versa, 'Italy has a responsible attitude, it has the attitude of those who, knowing the dossier well and embracing principles that we always marry, believe that the only solution is the political one'.