Haftar, Tobruk government call for dismissal of UN envoy

Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has attacked the UN Special Envoy for Libya Martin Kobler calling him a “failure” and demanded he be fired.

The former general who was promoted to his new rank last week after capturing four key oil terminals said Kobler was “meddling in very sensitive issues”.

Kobler has tried to meet Haftar on a few occasions for reconciliation efforts between the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Haftar’s forces but he refused the invitations as “time was too precious to be wasted in pointless discussions” according to the Libya Herald.

The speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives has also called for a new envoy to be appointed if Kobler does not change his style of mediation.

Speaking to Russia’s Sputnik news agency, Aqilah Saleh is Kobler is unable to do good for Libya.

“This man intervenes in everything, but he will be incapable to do any good for Libya,” Saleh said.

Kobler was appointed to the post of the UN special envoy to Libya in November 2015.