German Foreign Minister Haikou Maas has warned that his country will call on the Security Council to impose sanctions on those who violate the ceasefire in Libya.
During his attendence at the "Libyan Neighborhood Countries" conference held in Algeria, Maas added that Berlin will work to "include" all the Libyan parties who want a political solution.
On their part, the foreign ministers participating in the conference yesterday stressed their rejection of any external intervension in the crisis in in Libya, in reference to the Turkish interventions by sending hired fighters there. The ministers also stressed on the need to resolve the crisis through "dialogue between the Libyans."
The meeting was held with the participation of the foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad, Mali, and Niger, nearly a week after the Berlin Summit took place. The meeting aimed at supporting a ceasefire in Libya.
On his part, Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum stressed that the decisions of the Berlin Conference on Libya are "binding", especially with regard to the arms embargo.
He added that Algeria, which has a thousand-kilometer border with Libya, "adheres to the necessity of resolving the crisis in Libya without any external intervension,"
He said: "We support the principle of dialogue between the Libyans as an approach to solve the crisis in their country."
The recent escalation in the conflict has raised fears at neighboring countries that chaos may provide more room for extremist armed groups to operate in the African Sahara and Sahel regions.
"The Sahel is suffering from this crisis. The spread of weapons in the region has facilitated the spread of terrorism," said Mohamed Zein Sharif, Chad's foreign minister.
Libya is witnessing a fragile cease-fire, after field successes by the National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in his effort to liberate the capital Tripoli from the terrorist militias supporting the government of Fayez Al-Sarraj, who also are supported by fighters recruited by Turkey for that purpose.
Ankara also sent military advisers and trainers earlier to help Al- Saraj government forces respond to the National Army operations.
In Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that his country would not send, what he described as, military advisers to Libya as long as the cease-fire continues in Libya.
In November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a MOU with the Al-Sarraj government regarding border demarcation and military cooperation, which sparked regional and international condemnation because of Turkish interference in Libya.
The Libyan National Army confirms that what Turkey calls advisers are officers who already participate and manage battles and supervise the Syrian hired fighters that Erdogan brought in.
Earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had revealed that Turkey continues to send fighters to Libya via flights, bringing the number of those who have arrived to Tripoli so far to about 2,600.
In January, the national army announced a cease-fire in the western region of Libya, where the capital, Tripoli, is controlled by militias loyal to Al-Saraj government.
The army said that the militia repeatedly violated the ceasefire, the most recent of which was, on Wednesday, when it used the Maitika International Airport, the only airport operating in Tripoli, for military purposes, when a Turkish military drone was shoot down by the army.
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