It is inner actors that primarily hinder the political course of in Libya from transferring ahead, former United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame mentioned.
“During my time there, we had three points on our agenda. The first one – which is, I think, the most important – is to allow for oil to be produced because the country lives out of oil and because people will not survive without oil,” Salame instructed Daily Sabah in an unique interview.
He elaborated that the second factor was to have a cease-fire as a result of, at the moment, Tripoli was attacked by Misrata in 2018, and it was way more troublesome to supply a cease-fire when Tripoli was attacked by Khalifa Haftar in 2019.
“The third point was to try to keep the various institutions of the Libyan state united as much as possible. We made a great step forward at the beginning of 2020 when we organized the Berlin summit in Libya.”
Salame highlighted his gratitude for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to have attended and contributed to the convention.
“This summit produced immediate results on the first point, which is oil production. It is produced more regularly although still interrupted from time to time,” Salame mentioned, indicating that Libya usually produces between 1-1.2 million barrels per day (bpd). “The 7 million Libyans badly need that production to survive; they do not export anything else.”
He reminded that the Berlin convention produced the 5+5 safety fee on the safety entrance, which resulted in a cease-fire and the trade of prisoners.
Salame additionally welcomed that the committee remains to be working and met not too long ago in Türkiye to debate further steps that may be taken for the peace, stability and safety of the North African nation.
“The security situation is much better than it used to be.”
The most troublesome half is to make sure the third level, the envoy underlined. “Every time we come close to reunifying institutions, there is a coalition of forces that comes and stops the mediator from moving in this direction – whether it is the reunification of the two governments, elections, or keeping the judiciary united. Every time, the ones who feel that unity means a loss for them hinder the process.”
When it involves Libya, individuals overestimate the position of exterior forces. It is principally a drive inside Libya. “They put their veto towards any unification motion as a result of they’re afraid they’ll lose their benefits if there’s unification,” he continued.
“External forces basically defend their interests – which is logical. But I think they should come to the conclusion that their interests are better protected under a unified Libya. What external powers fear is that Libya comes under one leadership and that leadership is not friendly to them,” he mentioned, including that, due to this fact, these nations don’t contribute to progress. “I think this is too shortsighted.”
Salame mentioned that attaining financial stability by oil manufacturing and relative safety is extra very important for the time being than the extra sophisticated political chapter.
The huge, oil-rich nation of seven million individuals has struggled to get well from years of battle after the 2011 NATO-backed rebellion that put an finish to 4 many years of rule underneath Moammar Gadhafi.
Libya stays divided between a U.N.-recognised authorities based mostly within the capital, Tripoli, and a rival administration within the east, backed by army strongman Haftar.
However, Salame concluded: “I do not think that Libya is divided into east and west. I lived there for three years and concluded that the country is more imploded into many pieces than divided into two.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com