Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya, adding that Turkey and Egypt agreed with Moscow’s approach to the settlement of that conflict.
Lavrov said all external players should create conditions for inclusive dialogue between the warring factions in Libya, something that Turkey and Egypt also agreed with, after Lavrov held talks by phone with the foreign ministers of those countries.
Separately, the Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed a report on Moscow’s military presence in Libya, reported the RIA news agency.
The ministry demanded an investigation into the report, which it said was based on questionable sources and inaccurate information.
A United Nations report in May said Russian private military contractor Wagner Group had up to 1,200 people deployed in Libya.
Foreign ministry official Petr Ilichev said the data had clearly been falsified and that the group of experts who published the report was seeking to misrepresent Moscow’s policy in the region.
