Russia’s Endgame in Libya

Russia tries to play a low profile in Libya, but Moscow engages with all major actors in the conflict to “embrace a dialogue among the major actors on the ground,” as the foreign ministry spokesperson stated in 2017 and which was recently reemphasized by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

In a recent event in the Valdai Club in Moscow titled “Middle East: New Stage, Old Problems?,” Russia’s deputy foreign minister in charge of Middle Eastern affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov, argued that Russia is not taking sides on the Libyan conflict, but instead is ready to engage in a dialogue to find a solution to the ongoing conflict. Chiefly, there are two main goals that drive Russia’s policy in Libya both in the short and long term.

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