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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 20 February 2020 The United Nations envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, from Geneva, where he went for the ongoing negotiations between the parties on the field to put in place a truce to the Libyan conflict said: "The decision to resume negotiations was a Libyan decision. "

Ghassan Salamé, released a series of statements to al-Arabiya satellite TV after news of the resumption of talks in Switzerland between the Libyan parties.

When asked about sanctions for violations of the arms embargo in Libya, Salamé limited himself to saying that it is a dossier "in the hands of the United Nations Security Council".

In addition, the UN envoy highlighted that: "An agreement for an exchange of prisoners was reached during the intra-Libyan negotiations in Geneva".

For Ghassan Salamé: "The violations of the " truce "in Libya" represent a threat to the Berlin process "started with the conference on 19 January. This is what the United Nations envoy for Libya has always denounced on al-Arabiya satellite TV.

Salamé also assured that " progress " was recorded in talks resumed in Geneva between the Libyan parties. In al-Arabiya, Salamé spoke of "progress" in talks between the Sarraj Gna and the Haftar Lna to "keep the conflict outside the residential areas" of the country.
It was later learned that the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez al-Sarraj, went to Istanbul where he is engaged in an interview with the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey supports the Sarraj government which since last April has been dealing with the offensive launched by General Khalifa Haftar for the conquest of the capital Tripoli.

Libya talks resumed, USA applauded
After the resumption of talks between the Libyan parties in Geneva to reach a lasting ceasefire in the country overwhelmed by chaos, the American ambassador Richard Norland praised "the GNA and the LNA for the resumption of the talks in the 5 + 5 format in Geneva, "reads a statement released via Facebook by the American embassy. Norland met Libyan general Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday and spoke to Presidential Council chief Fayez al-Sarraj yesterday for a "report of the meeting and to discuss the prospects for a lasting ceasefire". The ambassador and Sarraj, concludes the note, have agreed that they will return "soon" to meet.