Ibrahim Qalan, spokesman for the Turkish presidency, stressed his country's keenness to achieve stability in Libya, and its support for the government of reconciliation in Tripoli, calling on the House of Representatives in Tobruk to end its support for retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, amid intensive international contacts to search for a way out of the crisis in the country.
The Turkish official stressed - in press statements today Sunday - that his country is continuing to support the legitimate government, in order to get the Libyan people out of this crisis as soon as possible, and end the clashes.
He also called on the parties supporting Haftar - like Russia and France - to cut ties with him and cooperate to find a political solution by working together with the rest of the parties, under the auspices of the United Nations.
Hfter and the wife
also called on the Turkish official parliament Tobruk to end its support for Hfter, working with the legitimate government, in order to achieve peace in the country, pointing out that the wife of Saleh , President of Parliament Tobruk in eastern Libya recently started to stay away from Hfter.
In a related context, Miloud Al-Aswad, a member of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, said that the Skhirat agreement is an international agreement, and that the initiative of Aqila Saleh did not go beyond its framework.
Al-Aswad said that the initiative was not signed by everyone, but he added - in a previous meeting with Al-Jazeera - that it does not exclude anyone, and contains positive points that can be established on it, stressing that efforts are continuing to achieve peace.
The Tobruk Parliament and
members of the House of Representatives convened in Tobruk previously issued a statement calling for the rejection of discord and division, and for the preservation of the social fabric and cohesion between the people of the homeland.
The statement also called on Libyans and political parties to preserve the national constants, and demanded that the blood of Libyans be injected and that this be considered a top priority that everyone should strive to achieve.
Members of the House of Representatives demanded that measures be taken to secure this, from a cease-fire, disengagement and commitment to a return to dialogue to form a new executive authority that would be built on the basis of structuring a presidential council of a president, two deputies, a prime minister, and a national unity government.
They emphasized that the weapon must be in the hands of the state’s institutions alone, and that it cannot be used to impose a fait accompli.
International calls
Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stressed the importance of expediting the appointment of a new United Nations envoy in Libya, and expressed his country's concern about the continued presence of external parties to send weapons there.
Conti demanded - during a telephone conversation with the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of Conciliation Fayez al-Sarraj - to return to the political track in accordance with Security Council resolutions and the outputs of the Berlin Conference.
He also said that deciding the future of Libya should be with the Libyans alone, and not with foreign hands, and he called for the return of Libyan oil production.
For his part, Al-Sarraj confirmed that the flow of weapons to Haftar's forces did not stop, but rather increased in frequency.
In the context, the Egyptian presidential spokesperson said that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron confirmed - in a telephone call - their complete desire to end the Libyan crisis by reaching a political solution that paves the way for the return of security and stability in the country.
Haftar forces withdraw in the
field, military sources confirmed that the forces of the retired brigade withdrew today from the vicinity of Tripoli International Airport.
Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted those sources as saying that Haftar's forces withdrew towards Qasr Bin Ghashir, their last stronghold in Tripoli, and the withdrawal came after Al-Wefaq forces bombed Haftar's forces in the vicinity of the airport.
Colonel Muhammad Qanunu, spokesman for the al-Wefaq forces, had issued a warning to all who fought against the state, alongside Haftar's forces and mercenaries, pledging to them a fair trial.