"The relationship will depend on the approval of this government, the Presidential Council. At the moment, there will be no cooperation with it, as it has not been approved by the legislature," Aguila Saleh Issa told RIA Novosti in an interview.
The speaker added that the parliament has been calling on the Presidential Council to discuss the procedure for government formation to demonstrate to the Libyan people that it has not been imposed on the country by foreigners. The council has given no response as yet.
Issa stressed that cooperation between any factions of the Libyan Army and the Tripoli Presidential Council's guard that is in the processed of being formed would be illegitimate and could lead to a split within the Libyan Army.
Libya has been in a state of turmoil since its long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in 2011 by US-backed Islamic extremists. In December 2015, Libya’s two rival governments — the internationally-recognized Council of Deputies in Tobruk and the Islamist-dominated General National Congress in Tripoli — agreed to create a Government of National Accord and end the political struggle.
The UN-backed Presidential Council moved into the Libyan capital in March after the General National Congress gave up power. Its members joined the government’s advisory body while allied militants were left to roam the country freely.
