While his troops advance on Tripoli, is General Haftar traveled to Cairo to speak with President Al-Sisi. It seems that both men want to cooperate. This could have far-reaching consequences for Libya.
On Monday, Ahmed Maitik went from the internationally recognized government in the journalistic Offensive. The Deputy Prime Minister Fayiz Al-Sarradsch warned of the consequences it could have, if it would succeed General Haftar, from Tripoli from the Rest of the country. In front of around one and a half weeks, the mighty Warlord Khalifa Haftar has set his troops in the direction of Tripoli in motion.
“Haftar Europe and the world sells the idea that he will appease terrorism,” said Maitik the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”. “But instead he will run for 30 years of a civil war, a 30-year long reign of the terror militia IS as well as 30 years of desolation.” The international community should support Haftar.
The Expression of Maitiks shows under what pressure the government of Al-Sarradsch. In fact, these have lost ground in recent, says the political scientist Canan Atilgan, head of regional programme “Political dialogue southern Mediterranean” of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Tunis. In the West of Libya – this is the only Region in the, the Cabinet really Makes it last growing Frustration in the face of weak government performance, says Atilgan: “The government of Al-Sarradsch is primarily a government standstill. She has brought here and there some of the developments under control, but nothing Substantial achieved.”
Rise: A fighter General Haftars on the road in the direction of Tripoli
In the East of the country it looks, however, different. “There Haftar has caused with his so-called ‘army’ for security and stability.” In addition, his Libyan National Army (LNA) have also taken over administrative tasks. “And this power has led to their Reputation is increased.”
Talks in Cairo
In the last few days Haftars is advised advance towards the Libyan capital, Tripoli repeatedly Stalled. At present, however, his troops are a few miles from the city centre. Haftar himself has traveled during the run-up to Cairo where he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. About the specific content of the talks, nothing was known. The topic was “recent developments in Libya,” reported the Egyptian newspaper “Al-Ahram”.
The more clearly appearing in Arabic Newspapers were abroad. Haftar turning against the internationally recognised government of the country, it says in a commentary in the London-based newspaper “Al-Quds al-Arabi”. “If Al-Sisi supports him, means that he supports an illegal attack on a legitimate government. This amounts to nothing more than terrorism, the fight, the two actors, but otherwise pretend”, “Al-Quds al-Arabi”.
Alliance against Islamists
Over Libya, an international arms embargo is imposed. This is likely to respect Egypt, suspected Canan Atilgan. However, the government in Cairo could help the Libyan General in a different manner to the army, such as through education, deployment of special forces or military advice.
Defence: the soldiers of the government of Al-Sarradsch in Tripoli
It was clear, however, that Al-Sisi have considerable interest in seeing Haftar set in Libya. “He will not want to allow that in Libya, a kind of government as in Tunisia, where Islamist forces in the government are integrated, they may be so moderate.”
Already in mid-March traveled to General Haftar to Riyadh. There, he should have asked for help, and – according to unconfirmed media reports, according to several million euros. The reports were, this would confirm that Riyadh followed in Libya on the other way, the same course that it followed in dealing with the neighboring Qatar – namely, strict action against a politically motivated Islam, such as the Muslim brotherhood practice.
Talks on “recent developments in Libya,” General Khalifa Haftar (li.) and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
In this point, Canan Atilgan, the Saudi Royal house and the government in Cairo, agreed: “For you, but also for the government of the United Arab Emirates, the Muslim brotherhood is a Red cloth. You apply them as utterly unacceptable, both in the Opposition, but also and especially in the government.”
A new proxy war?
De facto, Libya has no functioning government, the monopoly of violence of the state and its authority are – as in foreign policy. In the Interior, this has led to the disintegration of the country, in small, of different actors-dominated centers of power. In terms of foreign policy, the impotence of the state to open international actors the door. As in Syria, Libya could become the scene of a proxy war.
In it the fate of the 2011 on the stages in which protest movements decide. While this hope in Algeria and in the Sudan, currently on a new beginning, could you see in Libya is at an end. The Partner, on the Haftar, have claims against the protest movements of 2011 the most successful.
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