Russia calls on the Libyans to overcome differences to reach the December 24 elections.

New York, Russia called on all Libyan parties to overcome their differences in order to reach the elections due to be held on the 24th of next December.

This came in the words of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, yesterday, Thursday, during his speech before the Security Council, in a session the Council adopted, on Thursday, a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) until January 31, 2022.

The Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Nebenzia, was quoted by the Russian Sputnik news agency as saying: “Russia’s vote in favor of a draft Security Council resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya until January 31 next year, comes based on our conviction in the first place that there is no alternative. On the comprehensive peaceful settlement of the Libyan crisis under the auspices of the United Nations.

Source: Libyan News Agency