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France to reopen embassy in Libya next week, vows support for GNU

by DAILY SABAH

ANKARA Mar 24, 2021 - 11:48 am GMT+3
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Head of Libya's Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi (L) hold a joint statement after a meeting at Elysee Palace, Paris, France, March 23, 2021.  (EPA Photo)
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Head of Libya's Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi (L) hold a joint statement after a meeting at Elysee Palace, Paris, France, March 23, 2021. (EPA Photo)
by DAILY SABAH Mar 24, 2021 11:48 am

France will reopen its embassy in war-torn Libya’s capital Tripoli next Monday, President Emmanuel Macron stated on Tuesday, pledging to support the new interim government.

Macron met with Mohammed Menfi, who heads Libya's three-member Presidency Council, in Paris. Menfi was elected in February as part of a United Nations-hosted political process.

Menfi and interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah are tasked with guiding the Government of National Unity (GNU) until the national elections scheduled for Dec. 24 this year.

Macron renewed his demand that foreign troops leave Libya immediately.

“There will be no peace” in the broader region “if we can’t get peace and stability in Libya, if we do not succeed in eradicating the terrorist groups and all kinds of smugglers,” Macron said.

Foreign mercenaries and arms have poured into the country since Haftar launched his offensive, with Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) serving as the putschist general's top suppliers. According to the U.N., there are currently 20,000 foreign forces and/or mercenaries left in Libya. France was another country that had supported the warlord during his offensive on Tripoli.

The Russian Wagner Group that is owned by businessperson Yevgeny Prigozhin, a figure close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is known as one of the main groups that sent mercenaries to fight in Libya.

Most of the foreign forces are concentrated around Sirte at Jufra airbase held by Haftar's forces 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Tripoli and further west in al-Watiya.

The French president said the European Union must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the interim government to help push Libya toward peace.

Macron said that France owes “a debt to Libya and the Libyans, which is in a decade of disorder.”

He said he would raise the issue of Libya at an EU summit on Thursday.

The new unity government replaced the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), which has been in charge of Tripoli and the western areas of Libya, as well as the competing eastern administration linked with putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar.

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