The address was read out by Russian presidential envoy to the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. "On our part, we maintain sustainable and balanced ties with all leading political forces in the west, east, and south of Libya. We hope that the postponement of the general elections originally scheduled for December 24, 2021, will not provoke an escalation of military and political tensions and will not slow down the political process," Lavrov said in the address. According to the Russian top diplomat, a major achievement is that no high-intensity combat operations have been reported from Libya for more than a year. However, the parliament disagreed with the proposed one-month delay "for security reasons," and the new date of the polls remains unknown to date.

Source: Libya Today February 22, 2022 00:26 UTC