The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States strongly condemn the continued escalation of violence in and around Tripoli that has caused many casualties and continues to endanger the lives of innocent civilians. We reiterate that the targeting of civilians and indiscriminate attacks are prohibited under International Humanitarian Law.

These attempts to weaken the legitimate Libyan authorities and hamper the course of the political process are not acceptable. We urge armed groups to immediately cease all military actions and warn those who tamper with security in Tripoli or elsewhere in Libya that they will be held accountable for any such actions.

We reaffirm our strong and continued support to the United Nations action plan, which, as recalled by the President of Security Council on June 6th and by the SRSG Ghassan Salamé on July 16th, aims at putting an end to the current political and security crisis in Libya through establishing a constitutional basis for peaceful and credible elections as soon as possible. We call on all actors to refrain from any action that would jeopardize the political framework established by the UN-led mediation to which the international community is fully committed.