The UN Security Council's sanctions committee for Libya held a closed meeting to discuss ongoing violations of the 2011 arms embargo imposed on Libya.
The session was held at the request of the Libyan Government of Concord and the support of Germany, which chairs the sanctions committee and other countries on the Council, in which members of the expert group and the countries and organizations that participated in the Berlin Conference participated.
The Chairman of the Sanctions Committee and Deputy German delegate Juergen Schultz said in a statement after the session, that the participating countries bear a special responsibility in implementing these sanctions.
He pointed out that the holding of this meeting comes amid an increase in the military build-up by both sides of the conflict, and that included military equipment, weapons, technical expertise and personnel, and expressed concern about these developments "which constitute a flagrant violation of the arms embargo."
The Libyan delegate to the United Nations, Taher Al-Sunni, previously said that the countries whose names were mentioned in the reports of the committee concerned with violating the arms embargo to Libya participate in this session, considering that the session will be an opportunity to uncover the countries that were involved in what he described as aggression and breaches of UN resolutions.
German frigate
Meanwhile, German news agency DPA said Berlin plans to send a frigate next week to the Mediterranean to participate in the European Union's naval mission to monitor the United Nations arms embargo on Libya.
The agency stated that about 250 German soldiers will be on board the frigate, and they are expected to reach the area of operations in mid-August.
The US military command in Africa (AFRICOM) said a few days ago that it had growing evidence that Russia, through the Wagner Group, was continuing to deploy military equipment in Libya.
Turkey accuses Haftar allies
On the other hand, Turkish Defense Minister Khulusi Akar accused both the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and France of supplying Haftar's forces with weapons, while she says it supports a political solution in Libya.
Akar added during a video conference, "The only solution in Libya is the political solution, through the United Nations portal and under its auspices," he said.
For his part, Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Qalun said that the military moves in al-Jafra base in Libya are not a good sign.
The "Borkan Rage" operation of the Libyan reconciliation government published photos that it said showed groups of Haftar forces - supported by the mercenaries of the Russian Wagner Company - while carrying out fortifications on the road linking Sirte and Jafra, at southern Sirte points, in anticipation of the reconciliation government forces' return to regain control of That region.