The United States of America affirmed its full support for renewing the mandate of the United Nations mission in Libya, as it has succeeded in ending the Central Bank crisis.
Washington added, through its representative in the Security Council during his speech, that appointing a new governor to address the central bank crisis is essential for the stability of the country’s economy, urging the necessity of appointing specialists to rebuild confidence in the central bank, strengthen its governance, and enhance the bank’s efforts to carry out economic reforms and develop financial policies for the country’s economy.
The United States called for agreement on a unified budget between East and West to enable equal distribution of oil revenues, stressing the need to avoid any unilateral measures that undermine stability.
America reiterated its emphasis on ensuring the importance of unifying the military institutions in Libya and being able to make the necessary progress to remove Libya from any security problems, pointing out that border security is essential due to the tensions witnessed by neighboring countries, including Sudan, in order to preserve the country’s unity.
America also considered that implementing the arms embargo is essential to maintaining Libya’s stability, and preventing their flow, which completely undermines stability in Libya and African countries.
Russia refuses to extend the mission’s mandate
For its part, Russia expressed its refusal to extend the mission’s mandate for a longer period in Libya, given that the transitional period in Libya had been prolonged in Libya, and expressed its readiness to find a solution to the Libyan crisis.
Russia stated through its representative in the UN Security Council that the situation in Libya is escalating given that there is dual authority in this country and hostility between various leaders, indicating that the political process has reached a dead end.
Russia indicated that the situation will not improve in Libya except in the context of a comprehensive political process that aims to stabilize the situation and pave the way for elections, calling on the international community to help it reach stability, but not by imposing foreign mediations and hypothetical deadlines, he said.
Russia, through its representative, also welcomed the consensual solution regarding the Central Bank, pointing out that unifying institutions contributes to a Libyan settlement between the parties, and does not see any need to manually control the issue of the Central Bank from outside, as she put it.
Russia welcomed the resumption of oil in all oil fields and the start of exports from the ports as it is the country’s only source, expressing its surprise at Western reactions regarding cutting off oil supplies from Libya.
Russia also expressed its dissatisfaction with the interest of foreign countries only in oil in Libya, ignoring other matters as if it were the only thing in the country, according to the expression of its representative, noting that the opportunistic interests of some countries and parties should not obscure the priority issues in Libya, and these issues cannot be delayed.
Russia believed that the country’s future depends on finding a solution to the crisis and not taking any sudden steps that undermine stability, rejecting Libya to be an arena for competition between various countries seeking to serve their own agenda.
Regarding the security situation, Russia stressed the need to move forward in order to unify the “military institution” at the political level, as it is fundamentally linked to resolving the crisis, and stressed its support for the withdrawal of all foreign forces, considering that every other scenario would lead to a disruption of the fragile balance between the parties.
Britain calls for a political settlement
For her part, the British representative to the Security Council said that the current situation in Libya lacks stability, and Libya needs a long-term settlement, welcoming the continued efforts on the political track, including the efforts of the United Nations.
Britain also expressed its aspiration to renew the United Nations mandate to achieve a political solution and enable the holding of presidential elections in Libya as soon as possible, calling on Libyan leaders to engage in a political process to reach consensus and end the crisis.
Britain believed that the past two months showed the fragility of the situation in Libya, and that unilateral measures threatened the stability of the country and undermined solutions. However, recent weeks showed the possibility of finding political solutions between the Libyan parties, calling for the necessity of dialogue to reach solutions that end the crisis.
Britain expressed its concern about the shrinking space for civil society in Libya, and the lack of protection for women, which undermines their participation in all aspects of social and political life.
China supports opening oil
For its part, China affirmed, in its representative’s briefing before the Security Council, its support for Libya to make good use of oil resources and use oil revenues to improve people’s living conditions.
China called for the need to focus on humanitarian challenges and improving the livelihoods of Libyans affected by the deteriorating economic situation and other factors.
Through its representative, China stressed the need to strengthen dialogue to break the current stalemate in Libya, to ensure the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Libya and to withdraw foreign forces smoothly.
Frozen Libyan assets
For his part, the head of the International Sanctions Committee on Libya, Yamazaki Kazuyuki, denied taking any negative measures regarding the frozen Libyan assets based on notifications from the Kingdoms of Luxembourg and Bahrain.
In his briefing before the UN Security Council, Yamazaki also stressed the commitment of the Sanctions Committee to promote peace and stability in Libya
Source: UN Security Council session