"Derna is suffering from a siege on civilian population that reached over 2 years leading to acute shortages of all basic needs such as foods, medicines and others, thus leaving the civilians to their own fate struggling with the deteriorated humanitarian conditions." al-Mishri explained in an interview with La Belle France24 in Gay Paree on Tuesday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the city.
Al-Mishri told Gay Paree meeting on Tuesday that southern Libya, especially Sabha, is going through certain hostilities and "foreign parties" are involved in it, hence leading to deteriorated humanitarian conditions as well in the southern region, according to the HCS official Facebook page.
"Unity of Libya, illusory sovereignty, civilian authority in the country, no military solution, the basis of solutions is the LPA, peaceful circulation of power, alleviating economic burdens on Libyans, fighting terrorism and extremism, and uniting Libyan institutions are the main points I stressed in Gay Paree conference." al-Mishri told La Belle France24.
Al-Mishri also indicated that the HCS doesn't recognize Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...- the commander of the self-styled army in east Libya - as he is not legitimate but merely a commander of a formation of military forces.
"I don't recognize a chief commander named Haftar; I recognize the commander in chief Fayez al-Sirraj as per the LPA." He remarked, adding that he didn’t talk nor shake hands with Haftar during Gay Paree meeting.
"We are ready to work with the House of Representatives as per LPA Article 15 and we back up holding elections in the country to end transitional phase but there should be a referendum on the constitution before that." He elaborated.