MOSCOW. Aug 15 (Interfax) - The African Union and the UN's joint plan for settling the situation in Libya has still not brought about any tangible results, said Russian presidential envoy for Africa Mikhail Margelov.
"This process has not become a pressing necessity for the conflicting parties or a political reality for the international community," Margelov told Interfax on Friday.
To overcome the crisis, all political forces in Libya should start negotiations as soon as possible, he said.
"Without this, any drafted constitutional declarations will go down in history only as monuments of refined political literature," he said.
"What Libya needs today is that which it is lacking, that is, real consolidation of efforts of all those who see this country as united, democratic, renewed and sovereign," he said.
Russia studied the key provisions of the constitutional declaration, which was made public by the Transitional National Council some time ago, during Margelov's meeting with council members in Benghazi in early June 2011.
"Declaration details were discussed by the insurgents' leadership and then during the African Union summit in Malabo on June 30. It is a common opinion that the spirit and tenor of this declaration could become one of the crucial elements of Libyan national accord after unconditional termination of bloodshed," Margelov said.
"However, it should be remembered that the constitutional declaration in Benghazi is only one of the possible scenarios for establishing a new Libya. Back at the beginning of the summer, we were provided with a peace plan developed by Col. Gaddafi's cousin Ahmad, and this plan is of great interest," Margelov said.
Russia's partners in the UN Security Council have been familiarized with the principal provisions of this document, he said.
"Representatives of the two branches of the heirs to the Libyan throne living in both Libya and Europe also have some interesting ideas," he said.