A former Algerian diplomat said the solution to the crisis in Libya must be political, involving the United Nations, the Arab League (AL) and the African Union (AU), local La Tribune newspaper reported Monday.
"Contrary to Egypt and Tunisia, what's happening in Libya is a civil war ... Consequently, such a situation requires a political solution," Lakhdar Brahimi, former UN envoy to Iraq and Afghanistan, told the newspaper.
Brahimi called Algeria to play its role in settling the Libyan crisis. "Algeria owes a lot to Libya which helped us during the Liberation War. And I'd like to say that Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, particularly, are directly concerned and have to react."
The North African countries have to ask the UN to authorize them contributing to reach a political solution to the Libyan crisis, "and I'm sure the UN will not reject such a proposal," Brahimi said.
"The same authorization has to be demanded from both the Arab League and the African Union ... with the authorization of these three organizations, it would be possible to ask (Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi to step down with dignity, setting up a peace mission to help establishing reconciliation between the disputing parties, and then creating a second republic," he said.
Algerian Delegate Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel said last month that Algeria favors a comprehensive dialogue in Libya involving all the disputing parties, in order to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis.
He added that Algeria is in contact with all the Libyan parties in an attempt to settle the crisis.
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