U.N. Libya warns of weapons manufacturing and virus surge

The Libyan envoy working at the United Nations said on Wednesday that foreign supporters of both sides in the civil war were helping them keep weapons in arms and that coronoviruses were “spiraling out of control” in the country.

From July 8, some 70 reconnaissances landed at Eastern airports in support of the Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAF), with Stephanie Williams flying to the U.N. Told the Security Council.

In the same period, 30 flights and nine cargo vessels had materialized in western Libya to assist the internationally recognized Government National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli.

He did not name the countries involved. The LNA is supported by the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Egypt, while the GNA is supported by Turkey.

The struggle for influence between those countries in the eastern Mediterranean has turned into a widespread quarrel. Williams cautioned that any careless action “risks a large-scale confrontation; it will lead to disastrous consequences. Now is the time for restraint.”

The Libyan conflict and the blockade of oil exports by eastern forces have worsened living conditions in some parts of the country with a rapid rise in coronovirus, with confirmed cases rising to 15,156 over the past two weeks