Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced today the Cairo Declaration, a new peace plan to restore stability in Libya following months of armed conflict between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA), Al Ahram reports. The plan was announced as part of a joint initiative following a meeting with LNA Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and the speaker of Libya’s eastern parliament Aguila Saleh, who also accompanied the Egyptian president during the announcement. شرفت اليوم بلقاء كل من المستشار عقيلة صالح والمشير خليفة حفتر القائد العام للقوات المسلحة الليبية بقصر الاتحادية صباح اليوم،والذي أسفر عن إعلان القاهرة لمبادرة ليبية ليبية لإنهاء الأزمة والوصول إلى تسوية سلمية تتضمن وحدة وسلامة المؤسسات الوطنية وعودة ليبيا بقوة إلى المجتمع الدولي pic.twitter.com/go1Yh55YEo — Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) June 6, 2020 “This initiative calls for respecting all international efforts and initiatives by declaring a ceasefire from 06:00 (04:00 GMT) Monday June 8, 2020,” Sisi said during a press conference. The plan stipulates that the rival parties initiate talks in Geneva, led by the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission and sponsored by the UN. The plan also calls for to “remove all foreign mercenaries…
