Today, Monday, the UN Security Council discussed, in an open session, followed by closed consultations, developments in Libya in light of the recent bloody clashes in the capital (Tripoli), and the political division in light of the presence of two competing governments.

In the session, the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for African Affairs, Martha Bobby, stressed the importance of maintaining the ceasefire in Libya, and urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint, and to address issues through peaceful dialogue.

Boubi called on members of the Council and all of Libya's international partners to continue to exercise their influence over the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, and the Prime Minister-designate from Parliament, Fathi Bashagha, to reach a final agreement that would allow the elections to take place as quickly as possible.

The UN official also stressed the need for the Libyan Oil Corporation to remain neutral and free from the pressures of political interests.

The session of Majlis Al-Ayyam comes after the bloody confrontations that took place between two military forces in the capital (Tripoli), which resulted in the killing of 16 people, including civilians.


Ambassadors are on the move

Meanwhile, the Italian ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, said that he stressed during his meeting with the head of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba in Tripoli, that the current situation in Libya cannot remain as it is, and may return the country to dangerous confrontations.

The Italian ambassador added, in tweets on the website of the Italian embassy, ​​that he also stressed in the meeting the importance of holding elections within an appropriate constitutional framework, and stressed that Libya urgently needs a unified and comprehensive government.

Buccino stated that he discussed with Dabaiba the need to preserve the neutrality of the National Oil Corporation and the sovereign positions.

For his part, US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland said he had held talks with Dabaiba and Parliament-designated Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, and that they confirmed their commitment to avoiding violence and finding ways to calm the situation in the wake of the recent tragic deaths.

And he added - in tweets on Twitter - that he discussed with Dabaiba and Bashagha, in two separate calls, possible steps to restore the election track as soon as possible as the only way to solve the problem of legitimacy.

For his part, Bashagha said - in a tweet on Twitter - that he agreed with Norland on the need for joint action to stop the recent unrest, considering that the violence had been committed by an outlawed government.

Bashagha stressed - in a second tweet - that only Libyan solutions are capable of overcoming the Libyan problems, stressing the importance of holding fair elections to get rid of what he described as the gang of corruption permeating the state.

Meanwhile, mayors of municipalities from western, central and southern Libya announced their support for the Government of National Unity for its role in supporting the municipalities.

In a statement to them in front of the prime minister's headquarters in the capital, Tripoli, the mayors stressed the need to end what they described as the transitional stages and to reject wars, fighting and destruction.