Stalling in the Libyan negotiations: the signing of the agreement is...

Cairo | With the continuation of the countdown to the date set by the head of the “National Accord” government in Libya, Faiz Al-Sarraj, to resign from his position and hand over power, the parties that have fought militarily over the past years continue to engage in direct dialogue with each other in several countries and European and American mediators, At a time when the core points are still unresolved, with each party seeking to achieve the largest gains, but amid excluding the option of returning to armed clashes. Although no final agreement was reached between the two delegations of the House of Representatives meeting in Tobruk and the “Supreme Council of State” (affiliated with Al-Wefaq), in the second round of negotiations, on a mechanism for appointing and selecting official positions in the sovereign institutions that will be unified, the two parties hope to resolve the outstanding details. During the coming days, especially in the matter of the seven sovereign centers. Libyan sources leaked several dates for the signing of the agreement, but these dates are postponed hour by hour due to the ongoing disagreements between the two delegations and their return to the absent leaders to resolve some technical details, noting that upon signing, direct negotiations within the “5 + 5” joint military committee will resume in order to sign the final agreement. Concerning the ceasefire and the production and export of oil without time restrictions, in addition to the establishment of the demilitarized zone in Sirte and Jufrah.On a visit, the second in two weeks, the Speaker of Parliament meeting in Tobruk, Aqila Saleh, in Cairo, discussed several issues with the US ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and his colleague in Egypt, Jonathan R. Cohen, along with the director of Egyptian General Intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, after similar meetings took place with parties affiliated with Khalifa Haftar’s forces in recent days. It is noteworthy that Cairo and Washington agreed on essential points after the “Berlin 2” meeting, which took place through the “video conference”, foremost of which is the full readiness for the success of the recent negotiation track represented by the Geneva meetings, which deal with the formation of the new Presidency Council, which will consist of a president, two deputies, and a prime minister, in addition to To representatives representing the three regions, provided that no Libyan party is excluded.

After “Berlin 2”, a new Egyptian-American consensus emerged on several points

In parallel, the participants in Geneva will build on the outcomes of the Hurghada meetings that brought together the leaders of Haftar’s forces and Al-Wefaq, at a time when Al-Sarraj visited Istanbul to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nearly a month after the Turkish declaration rejected Sarraj’s decision to leave his post. Although no details have been revealed regarding the meetings that Al-Sarraj held there, the leaks of MPs in the Tobruk Parliament talk about meetings aimed at creating the atmosphere to achieve a transfer of power that guarantees the survival of Turkish influence on the ground, especially with regard to the continuous military support until today, and the mechanism of dealing with militias Because of the clashes between each other in the capital, Tripoli.
On the other hand, Egyptian sources, who participated in the last few days’ meetings, told Al-Akhbar that there is a “strong impact of popular protests on the poor conditions in the decisions of Libyan politicians, for the first time,” especially with the talk of more than one responsible for fear of popular chaos. As a result of the deterioration of the situation in recent weeks, which prompted the contestants to make concessions and find compromise solutions to ensure, at least, that the situation continues without change. Among the essential points that are currently being discussed are the mechanisms of the “central bank” that will be subject to strict control during the coming days, even though the mechanism itself is not defined or clear to all parties, despite the agreement to set restrictions and follow up the transfer of funds through the bank, as well as scrutinizing the What has been spent and withdrawn over the past years.

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