{"id":58563,"date":"2020-01-15T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T02:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58563"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T02:21:35","slug":"libyan-rivals-sarraj-and-haftar-leave-moscow-without-signing-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58563","title":{"rendered":"Libyan rivals Sarraj and Haftar leave Moscow without signing ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/africa\/Libyan-rivals-Sarraj-and-Haftar-leave-Moscow-without-signing-ceasefire-deal-837454?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/532\/53252682.295.jpg\" alt=\"The talks lasted about seven hours, but Sarraj and Haftar didn\u2019t meet directly.\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>Sarraj and Haftar didn\u2019t meet directly.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Libya\u2019s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a ceasefire deal proposed by Russia and Turkey in an effort to bring an end to the country\u2019s long-running civil war.<br><br>Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya\u2019s UN-recognised government in Tripoli, and General Khalifa Haftar \u2013 the power behind the eastern government \u2013 came to Moscow on Monday to discuss a truce hosted by Russian and Turkish officials.<br><br>The talks lasted about seven hours, but Sarraj and Haftar didn\u2019t meet directly.<br><br>After the meetings, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, announced that Sarraj signed the draft document spelling out the details of the proposed ceasefire deal, while Haftar requested more time to consider it.<br><br>On Tuesday morning, Russian Foreign Ministry said that Haftar left Moscow without signing the deal. Russian news agencies reported Tuesday that Sarraj had also left.<br><br>Lavrov said that efforts to broker a peace deal will continue. \u201cWe all work in the same direction and urge all the sides (of the conflict) in Libya to negotiate instead of trying to sort things out violently,\u201d the minister said Tuesday.<br><br>Tripoli-based official Khaled al-Mashri told Libya Al-Ahrar TV that Haftar asked for four days to consider various sticking points in the ceasefire deal. He said he expects invitations to a peace conference in Berlin to follow later this week.<br><br>The negotiations followed a truce proposed by Russia and Turkey that began Sunday, the first break in fighting in months. There were immediate reports of violations by both sides, however, raising concerns it might not hold.<br><br>Libya plunged into turmoil after the 2011 civil war that ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The conflict had been on the brink of a major escalation. Various foreign players back Libya\u2019s rival governments, and they have recently been stepping up their involvement in the oil-rich nation\u2019s conflict.<br><br>Turkey and Russia back the opposing governments in Libya. Their negotiations follow deals struck by the two nations to coordinate their action also in Syria, where Moscow has shored up President Bashar Assad\u2019s government and Ankara has backed his foes. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarraj and Haftar didn\u2019t meet directly. MOSCOW, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Libya\u2019s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a ceasefire deal proposed by Russia and Turkey in an effort to bring an end to the country\u2019s long-running civil war. Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya\u2019s UN-recognised government in Tripoli, and General Khalifa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58563"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}