Common Operations Room of General Staff issues statement.

Tripoli, 05.02.2015(Lana) Common Operations Room of General Staff has confirmed that actions carried out by Sharouq Operations last Tuesday was in response to the actions of the armed groups controlling oil ports, when they bombarded with artilleries Sharouq positions Sunday and Monday, first and second of February and launchings air raid by Hafter warplanes on Sedra region. In a statement - a copy of which was received by Lana- it said Sharouq forces preserve the right to respond to the source of gunfire or any move that may threaten its positions. . Common Operations Room of General Staff referred in its statement to UNSMIL description, on its website, of Sharouq forces as armed groups, which is unacceptable, according to the statement, since the forces are affiliated to the General Staff of the Libyan army, and Government of National Salvation and the GNC. The room expressed surprise at UNSMIL silence over actions of the rogue forces controlling the oil ports, and which transferred them into air bases from which warplanes take off to strike at civilian sites and infrastructure of several Libyan cities and villages. The Room concluded its statement by encouraging dialogue among all Libyan sides, as envisaged by the GNC, the sole representative of the Libyan people. =Lana=