The United Nations' former Libya envoy Ghassan Salame slammed the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, saying he had been "stabbed in the back," and accused member states of "hypocrisy" regarding their activities in war-ravaged Libya. Speaking to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a Swiss-based private diplomacy organization, Salame said Wednesday he had felt "irrelevant" and "stabbed in the back by most of the Security Council members because, the day he attacked Tripoli, Haftar had most of them supporting him." Russia has supported Haftar, while its fellow permanent member of the Security Council France is suspected of doing so, although it insists it is neutral in Libya's conflict. Turkey similarly accused U.N. Security Council member France of escalating tension in the north African country. Last month, a confidential U.N. report revealed that two Dubai-based companies have been sending Western mercenaries to support Haftar in his offensive.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 03, 2020 11:03 UTC