Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov and Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Russian Federation Mehmet Samsar discussed the Libyan crisis, the Russian MFA reports.
"The parties exchanged views on the current Middle Eastern agenda, with emphasis on resolving the military-political crisis in Libya in accordance with the decisions of the Berlin International Conference and UN Security Council Resolution 2510," the message reads.
On Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with Haftar and the head of the House of Representatives sitting in Eastern Libya, Ageela Saleh, in Cairo. Following the meeting, the head of Egypt announced the "Cairo initiative", which includes a cease-fire on the entire territory of Libya from June 8 and the terms of a political settlement.
An international conference on Libya was held in Berlin on January 19 with the participation of Russia, the United States, Turkey, Egypt and a number of other countries, as well as the EU and the UN. The main outcome of the conference was a call by its participants for a ceasefire in Libya and a commitment to refrain from interfering in the conflict, observing the arms embargo on the parties. In addition, the participants of the meeting proposed to create a Committee to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
After the overthrow and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya effectively ceased to function as a single state. Now there is dual power. The East is ruled by the people's elected Parliament, and the West, in the capital Tripoli, - the Government of National Accord, formed with the support of the UN and the European Union, led by Fayez Sarraj. The authorities in the Eastern part of the country operate independently of Tripoli and cooperate with the Libyan National Army led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who has not stopped trying to capture Tripoli since April 2019.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti