By George Martin For Mailonline
Published: 11:27 BST, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 11:27 BST, 5 April 2019
View
comments
Russia has denied supporting a Libyan general who is currently marching on its capital city in an apparent attempt to take control of the country.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday that he hoped the crisis in Libya would not lead to 'renewed bloodshed', adding that Moscow did not support Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar.
'We are monitoring the situation in Libya very carefully,' Peskov said.
Asked if Russia considered supporting Libya militarily, Peskov said: 'No, Moscow is not taking part in this in any way.'
Strongman Haftar, backed by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, controls some parts of the country, while the capital is the seat of an internationally-recognised unity government.
Militias in western Libya vowed Friday to confront Haftar after his attempt to seize the capital, Tripoli, raising fears of renewed civil war in the oil-rich nation
Haftar, who runs the self-styled Libya National Army that is based in the country's east, is currently pushing westward, bringing his army closer to rival militias, which control
