India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj said that “the situation in Libya continues to be of concern to us.” She added that India “remains committed to supporting Libya, and the Libyan people in their endeavour to seek lasting peace and stability.”
The Ambassador extended India’s support to Libya, saying, “We also need to send a clear message that violence in any form is condemnable, and would undermine the progress achieved since 2020.”
“The political stalemate and the subsequent mobilisation of armed groups in Libya have the potential to undermine the gains made since the signing of the ceasefire agreement in October 2020,” Kamboj added. She asserted that “there is no military or armed solutions to the issues facing Libya.”
“The political process in Libya should be fully Libyan-led and Libyan-owned with no imposition or external interference,” the diplomat noted during the ICC’s briefing to the Security Council.
India, which is considered the biggest democracy of the world, stressed that the solution to Libya’s crises was a constitutional framework, through elections. “The immediate priority is to resolve all outstanding issues in arriving at a constitutional basis for holding Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Holding elections at the earliest in a free, fair, inclusive & credible election is an urgent imperative,” remarked Kamboj.
Libya has been suffering escalating violence and unrest ever since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011. There is currently a split between a government appointed by the Libyan Parliament in March, and the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) that refuses to hand over office except to an elected government.