PANAPRESS
Panafrican News Agency
Libya: Sanctions hang over leaders of Libyan armed groups
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – "The decision made by the Libyan Parliament to seek intervention and aid from the international community in Libya is not necessarily under military form”, said Libyan delegate to the UN, Ibrahim al-Dabachi.
"That international intervention could take the form of sanctions against leaders of armed groups if they do not respect the conditions set by the UN for ceasefire," added al-Debbachi in a press statement quoted Thursday by 'al-Wassat' newspaper.
He affirmed the presence of a UN mediator in Tripoli, saying that in case of failure of that mediator to achieve the ceasefire, it is possible that that the party who would refuse to cooperate with the UN will face sanctions.
Libya's new Parliament on Wednesday made two important decisions, the first seeking international intervention to protect civilians and government institutions, and the second ordering the dissolution of armed groups and other non-regular brigades.
The Parliament had demanded the belligerents to observe immediate unconditional ceasefire under the aegis of the United Nations.
The UN support mission in Libya (MANUL) has undertaken mediation between the different parties to end the violence in the country.
Armed clashes broke out since 13 July between ex-rebels from Zenten, who seized Tripoli airport after the fall of the Mouammar Kaddafi regime and the former rebels from Misrata, backed by Islamic elements of the Chamber of Libya’s Revolutionaries.
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"That international intervention could take the form of sanctions against leaders of armed groups if they do not respect the conditions set by the UN for ceasefire," added al-Debbachi in a press statement quoted Thursday by 'al-Wassat' newspaper.
He affirmed the presence of a UN mediator in Tripoli, saying that in case of failure of that mediator to achieve the ceasefire, it is possible that that the party who would refuse to cooperate with the UN will face sanctions.
Libya's new Parliament on Wednesday made two important decisions, the first seeking international intervention to protect civilians and government institutions, and the second ordering the dissolution of armed groups and other non-regular brigades.
The Parliament had demanded the belligerents to observe immediate unconditional ceasefire under the aegis of the United Nations.
The UN support mission in Libya (MANUL) has undertaken mediation between the different parties to end the violence in the country.
Armed clashes broke out since 13 July between ex-rebels from Zenten, who seized Tripoli airport after the fall of the Mouammar Kaddafi regime and the former rebels from Misrata, backed by Islamic elements of the Chamber of Libya’s Revolutionaries.
-0- PANA/BY/BEH/IBA/MSA/AR 14Aug2014
