Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed his country’s interest in developing friendly relations with all the Arab countries in order to effectively confront the threats and challenges facing humanity.
In a letter sent to the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah on Friday that Moscow actively supports all efforts aimed to resolve all the problems the Arab world faces through peaceful means, especially with regard to the crisis in Libya.
Putin stressed that Russia will continue to provide all possible assistance for the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of United Nations (UN) resolutions as well as the Arab Peace Initiative proposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“Moscow believes that expanding cooperation between Russia and the Arab countries fully meets our common interests in line with building a more just and democratic system of international relations based on the respect for each other’s legitimate interests that will ensure global peace and stability,” he added.
Earlier this month, Anna Evstigneeva, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, stated that “the current high level of security threats and instability in the Sahel region is a direct result of Western military intervention in Libya.”
Evstigneeva also stated that “France’s attempts to achieve stability in the Sahel region have not borne fruit” and that Moscow “was not surprised to hear resentment in the French representative’s statement, as they have been unable to improve the situation in the region and have lost their new colonialism.”
She added that “France’s continued unilateral actions aimed at regime change in Bamako, continue to harm collective African efforts to achieve stability in the Sahara and Sahel.”
In March, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov attacked the “hypocrisy of the West,” when it intervened militarily in Libya and other regions under American pressure, amid international inaction.
Lavrov stated that the Russian private paramilitary company, Wagner Group is present in Libya and Mali on a “commercial basis.”
Libya was plunged into years of chaos and lawlessness after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi in 2011. In the chaos that followed, the county split, with the rival administrations backed by rogue militias and foreign governments. The country’s current political crisis stems from the failure to hold elections on the 24th of December 2021.
