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| Good progress made in Libya ceasefire talks in Moscow although not all sides signed the deal - Lavrov | |
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| Negotiations in Moscow helped to achieve some progress in the Libyan peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. However, not all parties signed the document. | |
| The Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) have agreed upon some ceasefire details, but they are still working on a document elaborating some concrete aspects of the ceasefire deal. | |
| Some warring parties signed the agreement immediately, but General Khalifa Haftar, the LNA commander, requested until Tuesday morning to study the document. | |
| Lavrov also made it clear that Russia and Turkey would further lend their support to all Libyan parties to help them implement the agreement reached in Moscow. | |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also expressed his hope that both sides would eventually take obligations to comply with the newly-reached agreement, paving the way for the start of political process in Libya. | |
| According to Lavrov, the agreement was signed by Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the UN-backed Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, and Khalid al-Mishri, the head of the High Council of State – and advisory body formed after the UN-backed 2015 talks, which is technically able to advise both the GNA and the Tobruk-based House of Represenatives aligned with Haftar’s LNA. | |
| Aguila Saleh, the head of HoR, also not sign the document. However, Lavrov hopes that they will eventually do it on Tuesday. | |
| Both leaders “see this document positively and just for some extra time until tomorrow’s morning to take a final decision about signing it,” the Russian minister told journalists. “I hope, this decision will be positive,” he added. | |
| The ceasefire agreement midwifed by Russia and Turkey has been seen as large breakthrough to the peace process in the war-torn country. A Libya summit is expected to take place in Berlin on Sunday. | |
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