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‘Extremist militias’ control Libyan capital – UAE

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epa02902934 A convoy of Libyan rebels? vehicles arrive at the Libyan resort of Dufan in the Libyan desert, in Libya, 07 September 2011. Rebel fighters found in the resort, which served as a base for fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi's brigades, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles buried in sand and hidden in the bushes. According to media report on 07 September 2011, Libya's transitional authorities plan to disarm the rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi's regime by buying back their weapons and inviting them to join the national army, the National Transitional Council's envoy to Paris, Mansour Saif al-Nasr said. Libya is awash with weapons, including large amounts of shoulder-fired aircraft missiles snatched from the regime's stockpiles over the course of the six-month civil war. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

“Extremist militias” controlling the Libyan capital, Tripoli, were “derailing” the search for a political solution to the country’s crisis, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

“Abu Dhabi agreement offered opportunity to support the U.N.-led process. Meanwhile extremist militias continue to control capital and derail search for political solution,” Anwar Gargash, UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said in a Twitter post.

“Priority in Libya (is) to counter extremism/terrorism and support stability in long drawn out crisis,” he added.

The UAE supports Khalifa Haftar who is leading a offensive to capture the Libyan capital and see him as a bulwark against Islamists in north Africa.

Via Reuters

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