Egypt’s president Abdel Afattah al-Sisi has warned that any military intervention in Libya from Western nations could provoke uncontrollable developments, Reuters news agency reports.
Libya has been rocked by violence since the 2011 ouster of long serving leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The North African country has had two competing governments since 2014 fueling further instability.
The United Nations has however been working to broker a deal aimed at forming one unity government.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, al-Sisi urged the foreign powers to support Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army – which is linked to the internationally recognised government based in the eastern city of Tobruk – in the fight against jihadists.
“If we give arms and support to the Libyan National Army, it can do the job much better than anyone else, better than any external intervention that would risk putting us in a situation that could get out of hand and provoke uncontrollable developments.”
al-Sisi said that his country was putting pressure on the parliament in Tobruk to accept the unity government and wanted all parties to take their share of the responsibility.
