AFRICA: LIBYA: BISHOP SAYS LISTEN TO YOUTH FOR PEACE

Agenzia Fides REPORT - “We will see how it will all end. Unfortunately we can not see anything of substance yet,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, following the transitional national council, made up of insurgents in Benghazi, who rejected the proposal for a cease-fire proposed by the African Union, because “it did not provide for an exit from the political scene for of Muhammar Gheddafi and his sons.” Bishop Martinelli, though a little embittered, still believes in the possibility of dialogue between the parties, a concept reiterated by a Libyan journalist. “I was interviewed by OEA, a Libyan newspaper linked to one of Gheddafi's sons,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. “We discussed what prospects there are for peace. I said if we want peace there should be dialogue, and in dialogue it is necessary to listen to each other. We must listen to young people in particular,” said Bishop Martinelli.
“Young people,” says the Apostolic Vicar, “are our future and we must ensure that prospects for peace pass through our young people. Then I remembered that there are several organisations that are willing to help Libya. There are many projects that can be implemented in Libya to give work and prospects to young people,” concludes Bishop Martinelli.

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