In a press conference, Ghassan Salame claimed that representatives of the country’s rival factions agree in turning a fragile truce into a lasting ceasefire, as he decried ongoing violations of an arms embargo by both sides.
Salame said that “neither of the two parties is respecting the arms embargo,” pointing out that his office has evidence of new non-Libyan fighters joining the two camps.
“There are more than 20 million pieces of weapons in Libya, and the country doesn’t need more,” he added.
As far as the blockade of Libya’s main oil terminals is concerned, Salame said that this issue will be discussed at a separate meeting in Cairo.
However, he emphasized that the blockade severely disrupted oil production with Libya’s output plummeting from 1.3m barrels per day to only 72,000 barrels per day.
