Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
has said that Russia believes that all mediation efforts for a
solution to the conflict in Libya must be under the UN and
"contribute to dialogue" within the country.
The comment was made during a meeting with Libya army
commander Khalifa Haftar, reports Interfax.
'It is very important now to concentrate all mediation ideas
under the UN, in a political sense," Lavrov said. "To this end,
we believe that these activities must not be finalized towards
the development of political prescriptions and that they should
instead contribute to creating more favorable conditions for
dialogue between the key figures in Libya so that they can
negotiate the future of their country."
Haftar, who controls Libya's eastern coastal region of
Cyrenaica, said that "we are counting on continuing even in the
future the fight against terrorist groups until the Libyan
national army has control over all the Libyan territory in order
to ensure stability and security."
In recent days, Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has
called for a strong initiative by the UN for Libya stability.
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