Libya the new Prime Minister said on Monday his Government will focus on the fight against militants, security of borders and strengthening the army with the help of the international community to stabilize the OPEC oil-producing country.
Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq, whose Government was approved by Parliament on Sunday, told Reuters that he wanted to stay with a deal to an oil port occupation by former rebels. But he said he would keep negotiating as the agreement to free up the four oil terminals collapsed.
Maiteeq, a hotel owner and businessman educated in Britain, said he did not expect Libya to turn to borrowing to meet the needs of its budget all his new Government was still studying the financial needs and options.
Libya the third Prime Minister since March, Maiteeq was elected to Office with the support of the country's Muslim Brotherhood. But he has his opposition from anti-Islamic groups compete for influence in the chaotic North African State.
"Libya is passing a very difficult time ... If Libyans we flew so high in our expectations. We have to be realistic, "Maiteeq told Reuters. "We have to focus on our problems and our problems now its fight against terrorism. Fight against terrorism in Libya should be helped by the international community as well. "
Diplomats say Maiteeq, a hotelier and businessman partly trained in London, may request a more technocrat Cabinet, but he will struggle to rein in factions and militias whose power struggle left previous Governments powerless to explain each authority.
Maiteeq the Government was rejected by the former General Khalifa Haftar, whose irregular forces want to fight Islamic militants and the General National Congress (GNC) have demanded hand power over Parliament.
Different military units have related to him, threatens to split by regular troops and the network of competing militias, and his campaign against extremists has hit a nerve for Libyans fed up with instability.
But rival factions Haftar as trying to force a coup have rejected, and it is not clear how much of a broad anti-militant Alliance ally the former Gaddafi really can muster.
"His message to the Libyans fight against terrorism, to begin to build our Ministry of the Interior and the Libyan police and army. This is a very good message, "Maiteeq said, in an apparent attempt to bridge construction with Haftar.
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