A member of the Libyan National Army fires a weapon during clashes with Islamist militants in Khreibish district in Benghazi, Libya, November 9, 2017.
CAIRO - 16 August 2020: The High Council of State in Libya has urged the joint military commission (5+5) to stick to its own duties and stay away from politics.
In a statement Monday, the High Council said the commission should not engage in any international agreements so that it would not be used as a tool by any political party.
Security and border agreements signed by the accord government reflected the will of the Libyan state, the statement added.
The joint military commission on Saturday announced that an agreement had been reached to outline an emergency plan to deport foreign troops from Libya.
Libya lives a glimmer of hope to get out of the dark tunnel it has been going through for years, he added.
On March 16, power was handed over from the former presidential council to the new one, and from the 2014 Government of National Accord (GNA) to the GNU, which is supposed to pave the way for holding elections on December 24.
On March 15, the GNU members and prime minister took the oath of office before the Tobruk-based House of Representatives.
The new Chair of the Presidential Council is Mohamed Menfi, and the other two members are Mossa Al-Koni, and Abdullah Al-Lafi. Dabiba-Menfi list received the necessary votes in the ballot held by the UN-fostered Libyan National Dialogue Forum on February 6.
The dismantled interim non-elected GNA used to control western Libya and was using militias and mercenaries to hold territories. Simultaneously, central and eastern Libya were under the control of the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the authority of the elected House of Representatives and an interim government it had formed.
Unlike the GNA, which was based in Tripoli in the west, the GNU is based in Sirte located in central Libya.
In December, Libyan local media reported that Turkey had transported into Libya HAWK missile batteries and a 3D-Radar, according to Egypt's Youm7.
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