The former Libyan ambassador to the UAE and a candidate for the presidential elections, Aref Nayed, welcomed the renewal of the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé of the United Nations’s commitment to holding presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018.
Nayed said in an exclusive statement to “Sputnik” last Friday: “I welcome the renewal of the United Nations Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, of the United Nations commitment to holding presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018,” saying, “I call on the international community, especially members of the Security Council, the African Union and the League of Arab States.” With the support of the Libyan people to say their word through the ballot box. “
He added, “The renewal and consolidation of legitimacy through the 2018 elections is necessary, as the humanitarian and economic situation of civilians in Libya, especially the displaced, is no longer intolerable and the human rights situation is disastrous by all standards.”
Aref Nayed, the former Ambassador of Libya to the UAE, announced on Sunday, March 11, his readiness to run for the next presidential elections, stressing his intention to run in the election race, and pointing to his preparation of a vision and work program that he developed in cooperation with a working group of young people to lift Libya from its current crisis.
Source : arabic.sputniknews.com