General Khalifa Haftar told Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renz that Tripoli needs weapons to fight extremists before they target Italy.
Haftar asked Ranzi to “convince the international community to lift an embargo on weapons and to help us fight for a Libya that is free of extremists".
"We are also fighting for you and, if we were to fail, the next target of terrorists would be Italy," Haftar, who was assigned by the government of Tobruk, told Italian news agency, ANSA.
Meanwhile, Haftar lashed out at Qatar, Turkey and Sudan, accusing them of supporting the extremist militants.
- "We are proud people, we can also fight this war with bare hands, but Qatar, Turkey and Sudan are helping the extremists with weapons and funding, although we are sure they are being moved by other foreign powers," he continued.
"It is important to know that, once this page is turned, we will remember very well who was close to us and who instead looked the other way," he said. "Libya is a country rich of resources and, based on what will happen and on who will support the democratically-elected government, we will decide with whom we will be sharing this wealth," stressed Haftar.
[almanar.com.lb]
12/3/15
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UN resolution needed for any NATO role in Libya: Spain...
ReplyDeleteUN Security Council member Spain called Thursday for a deal to end unrest in Libya within weeks and said a UN resolution would be needed to approve any NATO intervention there.
Concerned by violence and the rise of Islamist groups in Libya, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo appeared in Madrid alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to tout security cooperation in the region.
A NATO air campaign in Libya in 2011 backed the uprising that ousted and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Rival groups are now battling for control of the country's cities and oilfields.
Western powers including Spain, which this year holds a non-permanent seat on the Security Council, have insisted on a political solution but have not definitively ruled out another intervention.
Garcia-Margallo said that if UN-brokered talks led to the creation of a "unity government" in Libya, that body could then "request the support that it considers appropriate in Libya, which is the top item on our agenda".
"Any NATO intervention in Libya, which right now it is too soon to decide upon, would require a UN Security Resolution," Garcia-Margallo told a news conference alongside Stoltenberg..............http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/125103/World/Region/UN-resolution-needed-for-any-NATO-role-in-Libya-Sp.aspx
12/3/15