A fighter of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) fires at the east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) troops during clashes at the Al-Yarmouk frontline in Tripoli, Libya, on Sept. 2, 2019. The east-based army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, has launched a military operation since April to control Tripoli, the headquarters of the UN-backed government. The ongoing battles have killed 1,093 persons and wounded 6,000, according to the UN reports. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)
CAIRO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit and United Nations Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame discussed here on Monday the latest political and security conditions in Libya and efforts for stopping the ongoing fight around the capital Tripoli.
In a statement, the AL stressed "the importance of the field de-escalation efforts that pave the road for permanent cease-fire."
The two officials confirmed "only the political solution, rather than any military one, could settle the conflict-torn country," the statement added.
Abul Gheit reiterated the AL's stance of rejection all kinds of foreign intervention in the Libyan affairs.
Salame, who is in a tour to seek regional and international consensus to support the political process in the Arab-African country, underlined that the AL should be part of the political settlement of the Libyan crisis.
Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
The east-based army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, has launched a military operation since April to control Tripoli, the headquarters of the UN-backed government.
The ongoing battles have killed 1,093 persons and wounded 6,000, according to the UN reports.
