CAIRO — The internal situation has worsened in Libya, with armed militias taking control of the capital, Tripoli, and large parts of the country, while fighting has intensified between them and the Libyan army led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter. In light of this, Minister of Information and Culture Omar al-Qweri stressed that the current situation in Libya does not require a political solution — as sought by international mediation efforts — but rather needs a military solution to put an end to the security crisis.
In an interview with Al-Monitor during his visit to Cairo on March 15, Qweri said, “There is no effective international force when it comes to the Libyan issue.” He accused European states of playing a negative role in the crisis in his country, saying, “We do not understand why London has become a capital supplying us with terrorism.” He added, “European states have been negligent regarding the situation in Libya, despite the fact that they are faced with terrorism and boats of terrorists will soon arrive to their shores.”
During the interview, Qweri confirmed that the current legitimate political administration in Libya only wants for “the ban to be lifted from the Libyan army and for it to be supplied with weapons. Thank God this is what everyone wants.”
The text of the interview follows:
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