Fathi Basaga

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The confrontation between the NTC and the Libyan national army (LNA), headed by field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is since 2011, after the overthrow and murder of Muammar Gaddafi. The power of the Haftarot maintain the temporary office Abdullah Abdurrahman

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The Minister established with the UN support of the national consensus Government (NTC) of Libya Fathi Basaga blamed fighters of the Russian PMC “Wagner” in the use of chemical weapons in the country. It is reported by the Anadolu news Agency.

“Militia related “Wagner”, he used nerve gas against our armed units in the area of Salahaddin in the South of Tripoli,” – said Barzaga at a press conference in Tripoli. He did not specify when it was used chemical weapons.

In Libya is now a diarchy. In the East, in Tobruk, the Parliament, and in the West, in Tripoli based government headed by the Prime Minister, supported by the UN. The confrontation between the NTC and the Libyan national army (LNA), headed by field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is since 2011, after the overthrow and murder of Muammar Gaddafi. The power of the Haftarot maintain the temporary office Abdullah Abdurrahman. The conflict between the two sides escalated in 2019.

In November 2019 the New York Times, citing sources in the European security services reported that in Libya the profit 200 soldiers of the Russian PMCs “Wagner” for participation in military conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if Libya and there are Russian mercenaries, they are not acting in the interests of the Russian Federation and are not funded by the state.

Russia is now officially PMCs do not exist, writes Znak.com. Moreover, the criminal code provides for punishment for mercenary activities. While the media have repeatedly reported about losses in the ranks of the soldiers of Russian PMCs in different regions of the world, particularly in Syria, where he also acted vagnerova. In addition, they fought in the East of Ukraine.

The Russian authorities are responsible, that we are talking about volunteers, i.e. those who voluntarily went to a war zone. According to reports in the world media, Russian mercenaries are also seen in Nigeria, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea, where businessmen from Russia has energy projects.

The owner of PMC “Wagner” called “Putin’s cook” Eugene Prigogine. Media pointed out that the associated company “Euro Polis” concluded with the Syrian government’s agreement to “release, protection and development of Syrian oil and gas fields”. A number of publications also reported that Prigogine sent Russian political consultants in elections in Africa. In November 2018 businessman saw at the meeting, Marshal of the Libyan national army of the Caliph Haftarot with the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu. At the moment, on the side of the Haftarot are fighting about 1400 vagnerova, says Anadolu.