Martin Kobler Credit: Ahmed Hatem/AP/Press Association. All rights reserved.Martin Kobler has had some tough jobs. In his long career as a diplomat, he has served his home country of Germany and the UN in war-torn nations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Now, at the age of 63, he is in his sixth month as the UN envoy to Libya, where he is overseeing a process aimed at ending a civil war that began after the 2011 NATO-backed revolution that removed Muammar Gaddafi.
But despite the challenge he faces, Kobler told Middle East Eye (MEE) in an exclusive interview that while certain aspects of Libya’s situation are “special,” he is equipped for one of the most difficult diplomatic postings in the world.
