United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has nominated his particular coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, to change into the main UN envoy for Libya, sources accustomed to the matter have confirmed to Al Arabiya English.
“The secretary-general put forth Kubis’ name to the five permanent members (P5), and there will be a vote today at 5 PM EST,” a New York-based UN supply stated Friday.
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Kubis is presently the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon after Guterres appointed him in January 2019.
Formerly Slovakia’s international minister, Kubis is a veteran diplomat with years of expertise within the area, together with Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it stays to be seen whether or not Russia will place an impediment in entrance of his appointment. Late final yr, Guterres was unable to push by his alternative for Ghassan Salame, who stepped down as Libya envoy.
Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov was Guterres’ alternative, however Russia referred to as for the UN chief to call a successor to Mladenov as UN mediator on the Arab-Israeli battle.
On Friday, sources stated Russia may increase the identical challenge and ask Guterres to call a alternative for Kubis for the Lebanon envoy earlier than approving his transfer to Libya.
Reuters first reported that Guterres nominated Kubis.
Libya descended into chaos after the NATO-backed overthrow of its former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
In October, the 2 main sides within the nation’s battle – the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) – agreed a ceasefire.
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