A French newspaper admits that the February catastrophe whetted countries’ appetites to plunder Libya’s wealth and resources
A French newspaper admitted that the February Nakba and the collapse of the Libyan state in 2011 opened the appetite of a large number of countries to plunder Libya’s wealth and resources.
The French newspaper Le Monde explained that Libya has now become a country open to various “foreign intervention” appetites to benefit from its wealth and resources.
It added, “Bathily’s resignation shows how the international community has been unable to achieve stability in Libya over the past 13 years, which has resulted in increased risks for Europe. Western influence in Libya is greatly undermined by 3 countries, namely Russia, Turkey, and the UAE.”
It pointed out that Bathily is the third UN envoy to submit his resignation after the Lebanese Ghassan Salamé and the Slovakian Jan Kubis, after they all confirmed the impossibility of promoting a political solution in Libya, the vital oil region in which all state factors have been dismantled since the overthrow of Gaddafi at the hands of NATO in 2011,as it say.
It went on to say, “The monopoly of militias and armed factions on weapons hinders any development in Libya, and contributes to increasing international discord that paralyzes any international initiatives. Since 2011, Libya has been an arena for competition between Qatar and the UAE, and this confrontation opened a regional division between Tripoli and Cyrenaica that has not been resolved until now.” Today, with the emergence of Russia with Wagner mercenaries in the east and Turkey and Syrian mercenaries in the west.”
It continued, “Like the Syrian theater, Libya became an area of collision between Moscow and Ankara as much as it is a region of joint administration, once a ceasefire was reached in October 2020 under their leadership.” Since then, the new “godfathers” have seamlessly shared the Libyan spoils, as oil flows and trade flourishes.
It concluded by saying that Russia and Turkey have broader goals in Libya, as they are carelessly plowing the bounties and resources of Cyrenaica and Tripoli, and are seeking to conclude various agreements that allow them to increase their financial, economic, and military gains, which was evident in Moscow strengthening its diplomatic presence in Tripoli and Ankara in Benghazi.
