The United Nations envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Wednesday urged nations to work together to de-escalate the military conflict in the turmoil-wracked North African country's capital, Tripoli.
"I am worried about the fighting on the ground and about the divisions within the international community," Salame told a media conference in Rome after talks with Italy's foreign minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi.
Libyans are "divided" and the international community "should be more united," Salame underlined.
A military de-escalation in Libya "is possible", Salame said.
"But to achieve this goal we need to cut off the supply of weapons to these militias and avoid meddling in Libya by several countries," he stated.
International diplomatic efforts are underway to halt the deadly clashes in Tripoli this month between forces loyal to eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar and forces allied with the UN-backed government that broke out when Haftar ordered an assault on the capital by his self-styled Libyan National Army.
The UN says at least 272 people have been killed, 1,282 have been injured and 35,000 have fled their homes since Haftar's forces entered the capital on 5 April.
Haftar is allied to a rival administration in the eastern city of Tobruk and his offensive aimed at toppling the UN-recognised government in Tripoli has the backing of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Regional powers have sided with rival camps that have vied for power in Libya since the Nato-backed ouster of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
