BERLIN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th January, 2020) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday following the international conference on Libya in Berlin that a comprehensive settlement plan has been agreed upon, with a 5+5 military commission in its cornerstone as per the agreement of the two rival Libyan administrations.
"We have agreed on a comprehensive settlement plan," Merkel said at a press conference, adding that "the documents that we have adopted today will have to be approved by the UN Security Council."
"The most important thing is that the Libyan representatives, namely Gen. [Khalifa] Haftar and [Fayez] Sarraj, have agreed on the steps that must follow, as proposed by UN Secretary-General [Antonio Guterres] and [his special envoy for Libya, Ghassan] Salame. In particular, it is about the 5+5 military commission," Merkel said.
According to the German chancellor, the invitations to the commission's members are to follow and the commission itself must become the groundwork of a consolidated peace in Libya.
