Russia Urges Calm After Libya Strongman It Backs Takes Oil Ports
- Libyans should avoid risk of escalating conflict, Russia says
- Haftar’s army retook oil facilities held by UN-backed forces
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Russia urged restraint after a powerful Libyan military commander that it supports regained control of key oil facilities taken by forces loyal to the United Nations-backed government.
“We urge all the conflicting Libyan sides to show common sense and to refrain from the use of force to avoid the danger of escalation of civil conflict,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow on Thursday.