a Libyan Government of national consensus (NTC) Prime Minister Faiza Saraga, sitting in Tripoli announced the ceasefire in the framework of the established on the initiative of Russia and Turkey truce. Declared a ceasefire from midnight on 12 January (01:00 Moscow time).
For the implementation of the ceasefire proposed by both parties, the military committees should immediately start the elaboration of the safeguards guaranteeing the maintenance of the armistice under the auspices of the UN, says the NTC. The government Saraga also affirmed its support for the course towards a political settlement by the Berlin conference to organize a national meeting with the participation of all parties to the Libyan conflict.
on the Eve shortly before midnight local time on the agreement to stop the fighting, said the Libyan national army (LNA) Marshal Khalifa Haftorah, which rejected the offer on the truce. Now the LDF has announced a ceasefire from 00:01 on 12 January, reports TASS.
Almost immediately after the ceasefire went into Libya to force both sides began to accuse each other of violating it. In particular, they spoke about the clashes in the district of Salah-ed-DIN on the southern outskirts of Tripoli. The General command of the Libyan national army, however, confirmed their commitment to the cessation of hostilities.
With 2014 in the Libya’s civil war. In the country there are two political forces — the national consensus government in Tripoli headed by Prime Minister Sarraj and the so-called Eastern government headed by Abdullah Abdurrahman al-Thani. The latter supports the commander of the Libyan national army, Khalifa Haftar.
the Second of January this year, the Turkish Parliament endorsed a bill to send Turkish soldiers to Libya under the agreement signed in late November by Ankara and the Cabinet of Ministers in Tripoli Memorandum on military and other cooperation. The fifth of January, Erdogan announced the beginning of transporting troops, calling them the task of “coordination actions” and “bezopasnost legitimate government.” Stated that directly in the fighting in Libya, the Turkish military will not participate.
Eighth of January, the presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a proposal for a truce in Libya. Moscow and Ankara urged parties to the conflict there to stop fighting from 00:00 on January 12 and to sit down at the negotiating table.
