The 5+5 Joint Military Commission reassured at the end of its meeting in Sirte on Sunday all Libyans of the stability of the ceasefire, referring to the agreement signed in October 2020 under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva, stressing that "all committees supervising its implementation and monitoring affiliated with the 5+5 Commission continue their work with dedication and sincerity."
The Commission held its meeting in Sirte on Sunday, in the presence of the two parties from the military and security leaders of the General Staff of the Libyan Army in Tripoli and their counterparts representing Khalifa Haftar's forces, as well as the Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Koury and a number of officials in the mission.
The Commission said in the statement that its members discussed the security and political situation and its impact on the ceasefire agreement as well as the implementation of the rest of the agreement's provisions within the framework of the ongoing and usual meetings of the Commission, denying abandoning its role, and stressing that "all that is being circulated about the Commission abandoning its role is mere fabrication.
It stressed that it is working within a specific framework related to the ceasefire and monitoring its implementation, and that it was not tasked with unifying the military institution and does not have sufficient powers and capabilities to expel mercenaries and foreign forces or organize armed groups, adding that this is within the powers of the executive bodies of the state.
The Commission also reaffirmed its full commitment to activating its headquarters in Sirte and limiting its meetings to it until the end of its assigned mission, noting that it studied the state of political division and its impact on the implementation of the remaining provisions of the ceasefire as well as on the state of national security in general, saying that it will announce its position on this to Libyans in the coming few days.
The last meeting between the Commission's members dates back to November 7, 2023 in Tunisia in the presence of the Security Working Group emanating from the Berlin track, and under the auspices of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Libya at the time, Abdoulaye Bathily.
