Tripoli, July 25 -- It appears recently that France, the country who led the international coalition to overthrow Gaddafi's regime in 2011, no longer stands as a spectator, but seeks a role in the icebreaking of the political deadlock in Libya.
French President Emmanuel Macron has managed to broker a joint and direct meeting between rival factions in Libya, namely the UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj, and the commander of the Libyan armed forces, General Khalifa Haftar.
The meeting, held in Paris, announced a 10-point joint agreement to cease fire in all Libya and holding parliamentary and presidential elections in March 2018.
It also stressed keenness of the two sides to strengthen efforts in combating terrorism in Libya and to speed up the integration of fighters wishing to join the regular forces, as well as calling for disarmament and demobilization of other fighters and reintegrating them into civilian life.
"The French mediation has a great influence on the Libyan file. It will definitely end the deadlock in Libya since signing the Skhirat agreement, especially since Paris has lately shown keenness and interest in the Libyan affair," Mohamed Abdullah, a Libyan parliament member, told Xinhua on Tuesday.
He went on saying that France's participation also has an influence on Libya's neighbors, such as Tunis and Algeria, which consider the Libyan affairs as a common interest since the close connection between each other in terms of fighting terrorism.
"We should not be overly optimistic, despite the outcome of the Paris meeting between Haftar and Serraj appears to be reassuring," the lawmaker added, "French President Emmanuel Macron did not explain the pressure mechanisms to be applied to the parties to ensure the outcome of the meeting, most importantly the holding of next year's elections."
The Libyan parliament welcomed the meeting of Sarraj and Hafter, stressing that the application of the agreement must pass through the parliament and its dialogue committee.
Muslim Brotherhood's Justice and Building Party of Libya rejected the outcome of the meeting, stressing that "there is no value for any amendments to the political agreement outside the umbrella of the United Nations."
"Holding meetings under the auspices of individual countries is a deviation on the path of political agreement. This opens the way for the agendas of those countries to give leverage for one party over the other, or deepen the division and continue the crisis. Some countries are the problem, not the solution," the party said in a statement.
Serraj and Hafter's meeting in France comes more than two months after a similar talk was held in Abu Dhabi, where the two agreed to develop a strategy for the development and building of a unified Libyan army, the integration of the military institution under civilian authority, and the unification of all efforts to fight terrorism.
Since the Abu Dhabi meeting, there has been no direct meeting between the two parties to implement the outcome of the Abu Dhabi meeting, with no reasons specified.
Under Article 8 of the Libyan UN-sponsored political agreement, senior military and security posts are appointed by the government, whose prime minister holds the rank of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
However, this article remains controversial. It was rejected by the head of the Parliament and the army commander Hafter, insisting that the Supreme Commander of the army is the head of the Parliament.
The National Human Rights Commission in Libya welcomed the outcome of the Paris meeting, considering it very positive and important to resolve the political crisis and helping the success of the Libyan political agreement.
"It is important to speed up the development of mechanisms to implement the Paris joint statement as well as the Abu Dhabi meeting outcome, according to a specific timetable in order to end human, security and economic suffering in Libya due to political division," said Ahmed Abdel-Hakim Hamza, Rapporteur of the National Committee for Human Rights in Libya.
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