Egypt has renewed its support for the Libyan National Army. LNA commander Khalifa Hifter went to Cairo March 16 and met with Egyptian officials to update Cairo on the latest developments in the talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission to unify the Libyan military establishment and remove mercenaries. 

Hifter also shared plans to integrate armed groups and militias into the Libyan military institution following its unification, which began March 24 with the dismantling of the militias and selecting figures from them to join the military establishment.

During the Security Council meeting, UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis said that the new Libyan unity government is determined to see the Joint Military Commission unify the Libyan military and security institutions, disarm and demobilize the different armed groups and militias, reintegrate them in the military establishment and reform the security establishment, which is of paramount importance for the stability of Libya and that of the Sahel region.

The Joint Military Commission, which includes 10 representatives from the military leadership of the LNA and of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), emerged from the Berlin conference on the Libyan crisis in January 2020.