UN envoy to Libya steps down

On Mar 3, 2020 9:23 AM

SANAA, March 3 (YPA) – The United Nations’ envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame announced on Twitter that he is stepping down from his position for health reasons

“My health no longer allows this rate of stress,” Salame wrote on Twitter account on Monday, adding that he had asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to be relieved of his post.

سعيت لعامين ونيف للم شمل الليبيين وكبح تدخل الخارج وصون وحدة البلاد.وعلي اليوم،وقد عقدت قمة برلين،وصدر القرار ٢٥١٠،وانطلقت المسارات الثلاثة رغم تردد البعض، ان أقر بأن صحتي لم تعد تسمح بهذه الوتيرة من الإجهاد.لذا طلبت من الامين العام إعفائي من مهمتي آملا لليبيا السلم والاستقرار

— Ghassan Salame (@GhassanSalame) March 2, 2020

He said that recent his recent attempts aimed at reconciling the warring factions in Libya’s bitter civil war, saying he had worked for two years seeking to “reunite Libyans, curb external interference and preserve the unity of the country”.

E.M