The new Libyan interim government under Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has gained confidence and confirms the newly appointed government to lead the war-torn country through elections at the end of the year.
The government of the Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah replaces two rival administrations that have ruled the North African country for several years.
More than 130 members of the House of Representatives took part in two days of deliberations in the coastal town of Sirte.
The confirmation came after Dbeibah last week presented his proposed cabinet to Speaker Aguila Saleh, who previously served as a spokesman for the East-based pro-Khalifa Haftar assembly.
On the same day, Turkey welcomed the Libyan interim government, which received confidence, and congratulated Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
“We want the National Unity Government to take swift and solid steps to provide public services for the welfare of the fraternal and friendly Libyan people, to unite institutions and ensure a comprehensive national consensus,” the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.
It also called on the international community to support GNU in building a democratic, stable and prosperous Libya, while emphasizing that Turkey will provide the country with all kinds of support.
On Saturday, Dbeibah proposed a unity government with 27 members and promised that the government will prioritize “improving services, merging state institutions and ending the transition period through elections.”
On February 5, Libya’s rival political groups in UN-mediated talks agreed to form a temporary unity government to lead the country to elections in December, where Dbeibah was appointed prime minister and to form a new government.
Under an agreement reached on October 23, Libya’s rivals – the UN-recognized National Agreement (GNA) government in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the East-based Putist general Khalifa Haftar – reached a nationwide permanent ceasefire in Geneva, including a three-month withdrawal deadline. of foreign troops and mercenaries.
Foreign mercenaries and weapons have flowed into the country since Haftar began its offensive, with Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) serving as the putschist general’s best suppliers. According to the UN, there are currently 20,000 foreign forces and / or mercenaries in Libya.
The Russian Wagner group, owned by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a figure close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is known as one of the main groups sending mercenaries to fight in Libya.
Libyans hope that this will end years of civil war that have engulfed the country since the challenge and killing of strongman Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
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