US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills says the United States has called on Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to immediately halt military interventions in Libya and accept Libyan sovereignty as it moves to unify its government, AFP reported.

Acting U.N. envoy Stephanie Williams said flights carrying military cargo were continuing to both sides, “undermining” the cease-fire agreement. She called for all foreign fighters and mercenaries who were supposed to leave Libya by Jan. 23 to leave now.

Mills made clear that the Biden administration backs the rival Libyan parties' demands for the end to military intervention and the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries as outlined in the Oct. 23 cease-fire agreement.

“External actors who have militarily intervened in this conflict have wholly and briefly ignored Libyans’ demands,” he said. “We call on all external parties to include Russia, Turkey, and the UAE to accept Libyan sovereignty and immediately cease all military intervention in Libya.”

“We call on Turkey and Russia to immediately initiate the withdrawal of their forces from the country and removal of the foreign mercenaries and military proxies that they have recruited, financed, deployed and supported in Libya,” he said.