Reconciliation and Elections: Diplomatic Messages to the Libyan Presidential
Support by Britain, Canada, and Japan for the efforts of the Libyan Presidential Council towards reconciliation and the end of the transitional period leading up to the elections.
Diplomatic messages were carried by the Ambassadors of Britain and Canada and the Japanese Charge d’Affaires when they were received, in separate meetings, by the President of the Council, Mohamed al-Menfi.
Reconciliation
In a statement, the Council President’s Media Center said that the exiles and their deputy, Abdullah Al-Lafi, received the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, and the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the British Foreign Office, Stephen Hickey.
Hurndall and Hickey delivered a diplomatic message confirming Britain and Japan’s continued support for the council to stabilize Libya until elections are held, the statement said.
During the meeting, held at the Council Chamber in Tripoli, they reviewed the latest developments in the situation in Libya, ways to reach a solution to the political crisis, and efforts to achieve stability through the initiative of the Presidential Council aimed at bringing points of view between the political parties, paving the way for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held according to a agreed constitutional basis.
Al-Menfi praised the efforts of the United Kingdom to achieve stability in Libya and the depth of its relations with the United Kingdom in many areas and ways to develop them in the interest of the two friendly countries.
For its part, the British ambassador stressed the importance of the phase led by the Presidential Council to achieve stability in the country, praising the strategic vision of the national reconciliation project that was recently launched by the Council as a fundamental pillar of social peace.
Elections
In a separate meeting, the Canadian ambassador to Libya, Isabelle Saverde, met in exile to discuss the latest political developments in Libya and issues of common concern.
During the meeting, Al-Menfi stressed the keenness of the Council to hold simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections and its support to reach a consensual constitutional base to achieve the desire of the Libyan people for stability through elections.
For her part, the Canadian Ambassador reiterated her government’s continued support for the Presidential Council, which seeks to achieve stability through the success of the national reconciliation process and the holding of elections on the basis of a consensual constitutional basis that satisfies all parties.
Partnership
According to the statement, Masaaki Amadeera, Japan’s charge d’affaires in Libya, also met in exile to discuss political developments in the country.
The Japanese Charge d’Affaires praised the efforts of the Presidential Council in containing the political parties with the aim of strengthening stability and imposing security in Libya, expressing his happiness at the imminent completion of the logistical arrangements necessary to resume its work from Tripoli in the coming period.
For his part, Al-Menfi stressed the need to further strengthen cooperation and strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in the technological, economic and educational fields, to strengthen the Africa-Japan partnership and achieve the aspirations of the black peoples of the continent for stability and prosperity.
Since last Thursday, clashes between the deterrence militia and the presidential guard under Ayoub Boras have killed 18 people and injured around 40 others, mostly civilians.
The efforts of the Libyan President succeeded in reaching a ceasefire agreement between the rival militias.
Armed militias that control the western region are clashing with complete silence from the outgoing government of national unity and the inability of its security and military agencies to stop such illegal actions.
