A report prepared by United Nations experts stated that the number of violations recorded this year of the arms embargo imposed on Libya decreased compared to last year, criticizing the continued presence of foreign mercenaries, which "represents a serious threat" to the situation in this country.
According to the report prepared by UN experts regarding the prevention of sending arms to Libya, what he called the intense pace of prohibited arms shipments to Libya has declined.
In the confidential progress report received by members of the UN Security Council, the experts said that the control of some member states over supply chains continues, which greatly impedes the discovery, disruption or prohibition of arms transfers to Libya.
The report expressed regret that some parties to the conflict retained foreign fighters in their forces, as well as individuals from Russian private military companies, explaining that there is no evidence of large-scale withdrawals of mercenaries so far.
The report also referred to the accusations leveled at France in September of carrying out military operations in southern Libya, and said that "France denied the involvement of its forces in any operation on Libyan soil against the Front for Change and Accord in Chad."
The report covers the period between January and November, and its authors visited Libya on two occasions, and were able to go for the first time since 2017 to Benghazi, the stronghold of Contracting Major General Khalifa Haftar, and they also visited France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Tunisia.