Tripoli: The workshop held by UNSMIL commended the decisive role of the Joint Military Committee (5+5) in implementing the ceasefire agreement concluded in October 2020.
The workshop was participated by members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and High Council of State (HCS) with military, security, and civil society actors on advancing security sector reform and governance in Libya.
UNSMIL stated on its website that the workshop discussed the role of legislative bodies and civil society in security sector reform and the importance of coordination between all parties concerned with this reform.
The workshop, which was held on January 9 and 10, concluded with recommendations from the HoR and HCS participants, setting out principles and steps in the common pursuit of effective security reform in Libya.
The mission said that moving forward, the HoR and HCS participants are encouraged to explore the possibility of translating some of their key recommendations into legislation aimed at addressing current
security challenges identified during the workshop.
Source: Libyan News Agency
The British newspaper “The Times” revealed today, Saturday, quoting a former British military official, that the failure of France and Italy to participate in the coalition of aggression against Yemen “exposed the cracks in the international community.”
The former British official explained that the US-British strikes against Yemen would not, in any case, completely weaken Yemeni capabilities.
The British official pointed out that the Yemenis have long known how to hide the most valuable military assets from Saudi Arabia, which has bombed Yemen with air strikes for years, using aircraft and weapons purchased from the United Kingdom.
The official expected that the Yemenis would in fact intensify their targeting of ships at sea, stressing that they would not heed the warnings of escalation that accompanied the American-British aggression against Yemen.
Yesterday, the British newspaper The Telegraph revealed that France, along with Italy and Spain, refused to participate in the strikes on Yemen, and avoided
signing a statement supporting them.
It added: Paris “fears that, by joining the US-led strikes, it will lose any influence it has in the talks to defuse tensions between Hezbollah and Israel,” as France has focused much of its diplomacy in recent weeks on avoiding escalation in Lebanon.
Source: Yemen News Agency
