PARIS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called on all international and Libyan actors to exercise the utmost restraint in the conflict in Libya, the Elysee said in a press release on Monday.
In a phone call on Sunday, Macron and al-Sisi discussed the recent development in the conflict in Libya, according to the press release.
The two leaders agreed to closely cooperate "to facilitate a decisive relaunch of the inter-Libyan negotiations" in order to reach a political agreement within the framework of the United Nations, it added.
The phone call came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that Turkey would send troops to Libya at the request of the UN-backed Libyan government as soon as next month.
Libya has been locked in a civil war that escalated in 2014, splitting power between two rival governments: the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) based in the capital Tripoli and another in the northeastern city of Tobruk which is allied with the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar.
Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, France and Russia support Haftar's LNA, while the GNA is backed by Turkey and Qatar -- Egypt's regional rivals, in addition to Italy.
Haftar has been leading a military campaign since early April in and around Tripoli, attempting to take over the city and topple the UN-backed government.
