The spokesman for the European External Action Service, Peter Stano, denounced on Tuesday 28 April the announcement by Khalifa Haftar, who claims to have received a ‘mandate’ from Libyans to govern the country. The EEAS is following the situation “with huge concerns”, he said.
“Any attempt to push forward unilateral solution, even more so by force, will never provide a sustainable solution for the country and such an attempt cannot be accepted”, he told the press.
While Field Marshal Haftar announced “the end of the [December 2015] Skhirat agreement”, just as he did in 2017, Mr Stano said the agreement “remains the viable framework for political solution” in Libya until it is amended or replaced through an inclusive process.
The spokesman therefore once again urged the Libyan parties to resume talks as soon as possible “using various tracks [of the Berlin process] and present any proposals that would finally put an end to lasting conflict in this framework”.
He also called on those who might have influence over the parties to step up their pressure to end the confrontation and engage in the search for a political solution. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)