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The two parties to the Libyan conflict began the process of releasing and exchanging prisoners who were arrested during the military operation launched by the Libyan army against the government reconciliation forces in the capital, Tripoli. The country is going through, which is on the brink of a new military conflict.
This operation, which took place on Friday night, is one of the few understandings that have been compromised between the two parties to the crisis in Libya since the political agreement was signed in 2015, and also constitutes an implementation of one of the results of the meetings of the 5 + 5 Military Committee, which refers to addressing humanitarian issues arising from the conflict. Al-Askari between the two sides in recent years, in addition to the exchange of prisoners, kidnapped and dead.
The exchange process
The prisoner exchange was carried out under the supervision of notables and field commanders from Misurata, Zintan and Zawiya in the Shweref region in the west of the country, where the Libyan army received 33 prisoners in exchange for 15 prisoners from the Al Forces. -Wefaq, most of them from the cities of Zawiya, Sabratha, Tripoli, Surman and Tajoura.
The issue of prisoners has always been one of the most important contentious issues that have reinforced the division and hatred between East and West Libya, and it is also one of the thorniest files today, since neither of the parties know the number of prisoners kept by the other, due to the absence of a documentation process.
Bashagha’s Reviews
Commenting on the prisoner exchange measure, the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bashagha, wrote on his personal account on Twitter: “Tonight, Libyan families are delighted with the return of their children and love them after of the efforts and supervision of the 5 + 5 committee in accordance with the ceasefire agreement. ” “There is no way to establish a state except by consensus and following peaceful means to manage our differences.”
For his part, the rapporteur of the Human Rights Committee, Ahmed Hamza, considered in a post on his Facebook page that it is a positive step that will help calm tensions and open the door to good intentions, and is a sign of hope in the resolution of the greatest crisis facing Libya that encourages the implementation of other understandings. On the way to achieve the unity of Libya.
Exchange of prisoners between the Libyan army and Al-Wefaq
Welcome from a gentleman
In the same context, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya welcomed the great success represented by the implementation of the exchange of detainees from both sides under the supervision of the Joint Military Committee (5 + 5), which was carried out with the good effort and effort of the sheikhs, elders and sages.
He also urged the parties to accelerate the implementation of all the terms of the ceasefire signed between the two parties on October 23, 2020 in Geneva, including the completion of the exchange of all detainees covered by the agreement.
Cautious optimism
However, this optimistic environment remains limited. As the mission moves forward to transform the agreement into a lasting peace on the ground that paves the way for the unification of the country’s institutions and its executive authority, the parties in conflict put their hands on the trigger of the fronts of battle along the Jufrah-Sirte demarcation All the statements of its officials reflect a trend, which is to return to arms and confrontation, so the possibilities of their commitment to the truce remain weak and doubtful.
Haftar’s threat
On Thursday, Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar called on his forces to prepare to take up arms and point them at Turkey, which continues to flood the country with weapons and mercenaries and reject the logic of peace to expel it from the country, while the spokesman for the Forces of National Accord, Muhammad Qununu, announced his willingness to respond to any attack and return to the axes of combat. It raises several questions about the fate of the ceasefire agreement and the outcomes of the Joint Military Committee, especially after the political track faltered and reached a dead end due to disagreements over upcoming executive positions.
