By Khaled Jabbar
TUNIS, March 26 (KUNA) -- Experts and in the Libyan matter have called on the Arab League to exert greater efforts to end the conflict and political tension in Libya.
In a statement to KUNA on Sunday, the experts stressed the importance of the Arab Summit to be held in Jordan next Wednesday, in reaching an agreement on resolving the Libyan issue and drawing a road map for the future of the Arab World.
The Arab countries have paid great attention to the Libyan crisis during the hostilities that followed the uprising against late Muammar Ghaddafi in February 2011, said director of the Maghreb Center for Research on Libya Rasheed Khashana.
However, they (Arab nations) have stopped paying much attention to the country, since war broke out in Syria and Yemen, he explained.
As much as the West and Russia were keen on the Libyan file (because of the Arab country's huge resources and reconstruction opportunities following settlement), Khashana said, the Arabs were not doing enough to help the Libyan parties narrow their differences towards a political settlement.
"The Arab summit should express common willingness to push the Libyan parties towards conciliation paving the way for security and stability," he added.
On his part, Tunisian political analyst Munther Thabet said the diversity of conflicts in the region forced the Arab League to assign some countries or regional blocs to solve certain crises.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, for example, proposed an initiative to launch a comprehensive dialogue among the Libyan parties as well as forming a unified army and government, Thabet noted.
This initiative was adopted by neighboring countries Algeria and Egypt, he added.
The Arab Gulf countries have their own worries in their region like the fight against terrorism at different fronts, the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Syrian and Yemeni crises, as well as relations with Iran, he said.
"These countries have no choice but to deal with these thorny issues more than they do with the Libyan crisis because they have direct impact on their security," Thabet explained.
"I think the issue of security will be dominating deliberations of the Arab Summit, and I believe each of Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt will present a paper work to solve the Libyan crisis," he added.
Meanwhile, Tunisian journalist following the Libyan affair Jumaa Al-Qassemi said the appointment of Ambassador Al-Jamali reflected the Arab League's desire to solve the Libyan crisis.
He said back-to-back meetings on Libya were recently held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, grouping representatives from the league, the UN, the African Union and European Union.
"These quartet meetings emphasized importance of the Libyan issue," said Al-Qassemi.
He hoped the meeting would encourage the Arab League to take a leading role in other files in Yemen, Syria and Iraq.(end) Ksj.bs.ag