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By Sami Zaptia.
London, 2 February 2021:
The commander of the European Operation IRINI, Admiral Fabio Agostini, confirmed IRINI’s readiness to play a role in monitoring the current ceasefire agreement in Libya.
Operation IRINI was launched by the EU in 2020 to monitor the UN Arms Embargo on Libya. It has come in for much criticism even by the Tripoli government, for failing to prevent the arms and military force build up in Libya.
Agostini said IRINI is ‘‘ready for that if the Libyan authorities or the United Nations request and after the approval of the member states of the European Union,” Agostini said in statements carried by the Italian agency AKI yesterday.
By Sami Zaptia.
London, 1 February 2021:
Ahmed Mesmari, the official spokesperson for the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army, (LNA) refuted on Saturday the presence of any Wagner forces ‘‘in or outside Sirte’’.
His statement came in response to reports of the discovery of “leaflets in both Arabic and Russian languages in Sirte, containing threats against a group of Wagner mercenaries”.
Mesmari described the alleged findings of these leaflets and on the crimes allegedly committed in Sirte as ‘‘delusional’’, stressing that this is an open provocation and a new lie.
He confirmed that the situation in Sirte is completely stable, and that the security services are in complete control of the situation.
By Sami Zaptia.
Ahmed Mesmari, Hafter’s official spokesperson, welcomed Guterres’ proposal to send retired international civilian and military ceasefire observers to Libya (Photo from Archives).
London, 7 January 2021:
Khalifa Hafter’s official spokesperson, Ahmed Mesmari, yesterday welcomed the proposal of sending international ceasefire monitors to Libya. The revelation was made by the eastern-based Libyan state news agency, LANA, which is closely aligned to Hafter.
According to the report, Mesmari said in that the decision includes ‘‘sending international observers, civilians and retired military personnel, not a military monitoring force’’. This will be made up of several nationalities and international organizations including the African Union, European Union and Arab League.