Russia will continue to assist in resolving the Libyan crisis on the basis of establishing a national consensus in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We will continue to actively assist the friendly people of Libya in overcoming as soon as possible and sustainably the deep internal political crisis caused by the destruction of Libyan statehood as a result of illegal external interference, on the basis of achieving national consent and taking into account the fundamental interests of all components of Libyan society," the statement said.
The diplomatic office noted that Moscow initially advocated a clear formulation of the functions and mandate of the World Organization observers. "They emphasized that all parameters of such monitoring should be acceptable to the Libyan parties which play a leading role in the process. It was assumed that the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) could not and should not be in charge of monitoring all aspects of the inter-Libyan ceasefire agreement of October 23, 2020. It is important that other members of the UN Security Council shared this view," the Russian Foreign Ministry continued.
The Russian diplomats reminded that the resolution welcomed "the formation of the provisional Presidential Council and the provisional Government of National Unity and called on the latter to prepare and hold free, fair and non-discriminatory nationwide presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24, 2021, as stipulated in the road map of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum".
On April 16, a UNSC resolution was unanimously adopted expanding the mandate of the UNSMIL and giving it a ceasefire monitoring function.
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Based on materials from TASS