The Italian Formici site said that intensive contacts are currently taking place between several international parties regarding the complex Libyan crisis, after many people now believe that the time has come for pragmatic and diplomatic moves that go beyond the Libyan arena to power struggles in the MENA region.
He pointed out that the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently held a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Laudrian on several issues, most notably the Libyan file and relations between NATO countries against the background of the role Turkey plays in support of the internationally recognized national reconciliation government that was attacked by the brigade's forces. Retired Khalifa Hifter, who has direct French support.
The site said that the call between the two parties comes a few days after French President Emmanuel Macron accepted an invitation from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to visit Moscow, and pointed out that Russia has become a major party in the Libyan arena because it indirectly supports Haftar's forces through contracting parties, but its interference is increasing. After it sent fighter planes to the Al-Jafra base (center of the country).
Russia has interfered in the Libyan issue - the Formi site says - to the extent that its role exceeded the size of the UAE in supporting Haftar's forces, while it highlights the role of Turkey, which is currently being visited by the Prime Minister of the National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, for consultations with Turkish officials.
Political negotiations
Meanwhile, Ahmed Maitiq, deputy chairman of the Presidential Council of the reconciliation government, is visiting Moscow. The visit program includes a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after he had a telephone conversation with the US ambassador to Tripoli, the second in a few days.
In the meantime, Haftar visits Egypt, seeking to play a role in the eastern Mediterranean, in the framework of an alliance that includes several other parties, including France, which have interests in conflict with Turkey in the region and have the same position in the Libyan file.
Formica, quoting Libyan government sources in Tripoli, says that Egypt does not want to give up its support for Haftar but wants to persuade him to return to the option of political dialogue to resolve the crisis after his forces recently suffered a series of defeats and failed in the attack it launched in April 2019 on The capital, Tripoli.
He pointed out that the retired Major General entered a political path that passes through the appointment of his deputy, and Lavrov was quoted as saying a few days ago that the military settlement has become far away for Haftar, and therefore the option before him is to enter into political negotiations.
The site concluded that Egypt, Russia and France are particularly interested in eastern Libya, Haftar's influence area, within the framework of geopolitical and pragmatic, while the UAE adopts a strict vision and considers Haftar a tool to maintain the current situation in Libya.