German government: The visit of three European foreign ministers to Libya is to promote peace and unity in Libya.
Pulbished on:Berlin, March 26, 2021 (LANA) - The German government announced that the visit of its Foreign Minister (Heiko Maas, his French counterparts Jean-Yves Le Drian and Italian Luigi Di Maio to Libya under the slogan "Together for a lasting peace", to Tripoli was to advance peace and unity efforts in Libya with the newly elected Libyan government).
In the statement issued by the occasion, the German Foreign Ministry confirmed that (the signs indicate a revival of hope in Libya, as the country has made impressive progress, and that since last October 2020 the conflicting parties agreed to a ceasefire and confidence-building measures, and the oil blockade also ended. In 2020, the parties agreed on a roadmap for political transition with free elections, and recently a new transitional government of "national unity" has began operating).
"Peace and progress in Libya are of the utmost importance to the European Union," the statement emphasized.
On his arrival in Tripoli, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas considered that "the development in Libya is one of the few bright spots in foreign policy last year. While there was a war a year ago, the guns fell silent. And with Parliament's ratification of the unity government headed by Prime Minister Dbaiba," In the peaceful handover of government affairs, the country has taken a decisive step forward.) Stressing that his visit to Tripoli with his French and Italian counterparts aims (to show our support for the new unity government and for the next steps on this path).
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