Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization seen as being close to Vladimir Putin, are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats said Wednesday, citing an experts' report on the country's arms embargo.
It was
the first time the UN has confirmed claims first made in US media that the
group is supporting military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Moscow has denied being
responsible for deploying the group.
The
report also revealed that Haftar was being supported by Syrian fighters.
The
Wagner Group is a shadowy private security firm and thousands of its
contractors are believed to be in foreign conflicts from Syria and Ukraine to
the Central African Republic.
A senior
US State Department official has told AFP the group is "an instrument of
the Kremlin's policy" in Libya.
"The
Panel has identified the presence of private military operatives from ChVK
Wagner in Libya since October 2018," the UN report says, according to
several diplomats who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity as the document
has not yet been made public.
"Wagner
has been providing technical support for the repair of military vehicles,
participating in combat operations and engaging in influence operations,"
the UN report says.
They are
also involved in "more specialized military tasks such as acting as
artillery Forward Observation Officers and Forward Air Controllers, providing
electronic countermeasures expertise and deploying as sniper teams," it
continued.
"Their
deployment has acted as an effective force multiplier" for Haftar, it
said.
The
experts said they could not independently verify how many Wagner mercenaries
were in Libya, but estimated their deployment at between 800 and 1,200.
The
report, submitted on April 24 to the UN Security Council, notes that there are
tensions between Wagner and Haftar's command.
- No
call for sanctions -
It also
revealed that Haftar is receiving help from Syrian fighters, further
complicating the conflict.
In
February, Turkey said that pro-Turkish Syrians were fighting in Libya in
support of the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
Haftar
has opened a consulate in Damascus, where the regime of Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad is backed by Russia.
The UN
report says Syrian mercenaries are now fighting alongside Haftar -- though it
said it could not identify who was responsible for training and financing them.
The
fighters reached Libya via at least 33 flights operated by Damascus-based
private Syrian company Cham Wings Airlines since the start of this year,
according to the report, adding that they numbered less than 2,000.
The text
is an update of the expert panel's last annual report from December, which had
noted the existence of foreign armed groups from Chad and Sudan in the
conflict, but did not mention Wagner.
Pro-Haftar
forces have been battling to seize the capital Tripoli from the GNA since April
2019.
Foreign
military involvement has exacerbated the conflict, with the United Arab Emirates
and Russia backing Haftar and Ankara supplying the GNA.
A
January truce brokered by Turkey and Russia has been repeatedly violated.
Wagner's
involvement in the conflict was first revealed by The New York Times and The
Washington Post last year. The former put their numbers at 200, while the
latter said it could be as high as several thousand.
The UN
report does not recommend sanctions against the groups or any action to prevent
their involvement.
A report
by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres submitted to the Security Council on
Tuesday and obtained by AFP also mentioned foreign mercenaries but did not
identify them or recommend any action against them.
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