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Presidential Council Angered by French Announcement of Military Presence in Eastern Libya.

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Tripoli, 21 July 2016(Lana) The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has expressed its discontent over announcement by the French Government of the presence of French military men in the eastern part of Libya without prior knowledge or coordination with the Council. The Council has conducted direct contacts at the highest level with the French authorities to get to know the reasons for the military presence, details and interpretation of the incident that happened, the Council said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by the Libyan news agency. The Council will not give away the sovereignty of the Libyan state, rejects violation of the Libyan territory, but it welcomes any assistance from sisterly and friendly countries in the war against Da'esh, provided that this assistance was requested by it, and in what preserves the national sovereignty, given that the Council is the sole legitimate body in the country, the statement said. The Council said it valued the international effort to fight State Organization Da'esh, adding we are aware of the need for international collective effort to eliminate this menace, but this can by no means warrant an intervention without our prior knowledge and coordination. The Council called on Libyan parties to join the legitimacy of GNA council which emanated from the consensual legitimacy consented by Libyans to be the sole method to reunite the country and ensure stability and prosperity for the people of Libya. =Lana=