Tunisia, which has been providing the presidency of the UN Security Council since January 1, 2021, called on Monday January 4th to deploy a UN missions to control the ceasefire in Libya.
During a UN meeting, Tunisia called on the Council to issue “as soon as possible” a resolution to deploy an international mission in this country with the aim of monitoring the ceasefire in force in Libya since last fall. “We hope that the resolution will be adopted as soon as possible. », Hired the Tunisia ambassador to the United Nations, Tarek Ladeb heard.
In the same context, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had recommended that international observers be deployed in Libya under the aegis of the United Nations to observe the cease-fire agreement from October from a base in the strategic city of Syrte, the gateway to the main oil fields of the country and export terminals.
Note that the October ceasefire agreement provided for the withdrawal of all the armed forces from the lines of conflict and the departure of all the mercenaries and foreign combatants in the three months.
Libya was plunged into chaos after an uprising supported by NATO in 2011 which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi and divided the country between a government supported by the UN in Tripoli and rival authorities based in the east of the country, each part supported by a range of local militias like the regional and foreign powers.
