Putin calls for emergency Security Council meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday for holding an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting for discussing what he described as pending issues.

This session, he said, has become urgent in the light of the presence of issues that require world powers to pay attention.

Political analysts say, meanwhile, that Putin’s invitation for the Security Council to convene comes at a time of increased tensions on the international stage.

There is the Covid-19 crisis, an international economic crisis, tensions between the US and China, and the crises in both Syria and Libya, Ali al-Ahmad, a researcher at think tank Academy for Geopolitical Crises, said.

He added that the potential Security Council session should not be restricted to the permanent members of the international body.

This session, he said, has to include influential states, such as Germany, India and Japan and the member states of the G20.

Such a session will not cause these international crises to be resolved, al-Ahmad said.

He added that some members of the international communities are interested in keeping these crises unresolved.

Putin’s invitation for the Security Council to convene comes at a time of high tension in Libya.

The Libyan National Army said earlier on Tuesday that it had collected information about the presence of the militias of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord around Sirte and al-Jufra.

This came hours after the Libyan House of Deputies invited Egypt to intervene militarily in Libya to stop Turkish aggressions against the neighboring Arab state.