Libyan rival forces resume talks aimed at salvaging fragile ceasefire, UN says

Ghassan Salame, head of the UN Libya mission, speaks at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 18, 2020.Libya’s warring sides resumed Tuesday UN-brokered talks in Geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile ceasefire in the North African country, the UN said, even as eastern Libyan forces stepped up their attacks on the Libyan capital, hitting its port.

The current ceasefire was brokered by Russia and Turkey on Jan. 12. But both sides have repeatedly violated the truce, which was supposed to de-escalate the fight for control of the Libyan capital. Militias allied with the Tripoli government said Tuesday that Hifter’s forces had shelled the port. The media office for Hifter forces said a vessel carrying Turkish-made weapons, which had docked there, was targeted. It did not elaborate.

Hifter’s forces rely on military assistance from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, as well as France and Russia. On the other side, Turkey, Italy and Qatar support the embattled Tripoli-based government. The daily oil production has since the closure fallen to 135,745 barrels a day from about 1.2 million. It put the daily losses at close to $59-million.Libya has the ninth largest known oil reserves in the world and the biggest oil reserves in Africa.

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to launch a new maritime effort focused on enforcing the U.N arms embargo around the North African country.

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