Breakthrough in Libya. Or at least, the beginning of a solution to the deep crisis that opened after the fall of Gaddafi. It's 15.45 pm and thunderous applause welcomes the signing of the agreement for the government of national unity. To sign, in Skhirat, Morocco, the delegations of the factions of Tripoli and Tobruk, whose representatives embraced each other without hiding their emotion. After a year of exhausting negotiations and stop and go, it was therefore possible to set a fixed point.
This is exactly what he wanted to underline the Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni, present at the event, who thanked the UN envoy Kobler. “Today's is a first step and it's decisive. The future of Libya is in your hands”, he said, adding that “Italy is ready to make its contribution”.
"Today is a historic day for Libya," said lUN special envoy, Martin Kobler, talking to Skhirat. “All parties have made concessions by putting the country's interest first. The international community will continue its support for the future Libyan government." "The doors remain open even for those who were not present today" in Skhirat, Kobler wrote on twitter. "The new government must move urgently to address the concerns of those who feel marginalized."
According to some Libyan media, however, the understanding was suffered until the end, and it will hardly make everyone agree, at least for now. Before the ceremony it was Kobler himself who admitted that “it is in the nature of this agreement that no one is entirely satisfied. 75% of those who participated in the negotiations are. And it's a good start." In Skhirat there have been no objections and according to what was reported by the correspondent of the broadcaster Libya TV, quoted by the Agi agency, some protests started shortly after the arrival of Martin Kobler in the ceremony hall. A part of the deputies (88 deputies from Tobruk and 22 from the Tripoli Congress are present, as well as several mayors and Libyan personalities) argued that they could not sign the agreement without completing the list with the names of the deputy prime ministers and members of the executive of reconciliation. Claims have come from the deputies of the South and from the area of Cyrenaica, confirming that the work to be done for a lasting peace is not yet concluded.
However, today's signing was seen as an important step forward by all observers. A few hours earlier in Rome Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had confirmed in the Senate the strategic importance of Libya for the security of our country. "Even if there are no incipient threats, it is essential that Libya is considered the pivot of Mediterranean policy and if there is a country in which Italy will play a role of significant commitment, it can only be Libya".
