Malta denies being asked to ‘supervise’ Libya ceasefire

Foreign minister Tonio Borg has denied that Malta has been asked by the Libyan government to supervise and help implement the ceasefire declared this afternoon.

18 March 2011, 12:00am
by Karl Stagno-Navarra

Reuters news agency reported this evening that the Libyan government had asked Malta and Turkey to supervise the ceasefire.

Speaking to MaltaToday, minister Tonio Borg referred to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi’s press conference earlier today ehen he referred to Libyan Prime Minister Mahmouyd Al-Baghdadi’s phone call.

“While the Prime Minister insisted that for the ceasefire to be credible, Tripoli must ensure the laying down all weapons and the withdrawal of all military hardware, while Baghdadi stressed that anyone could go to Libya to see the ceasefire implemented.”

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This is what Al arabiya website quoted : "Libya has already implemented the ceasefire," Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said. "We have not carried out any military operations today on Misrata or anywhere else in the country." He said that Tripoli wanted Turkish and Maltese authorities to "supervise and help implement the ceasefire." "We don't know who to reach at the (U.N.) Security Council to work out the technicalities of the ceasefire. That is the problem at the moment which we are trying to resolve," he said.