EU Officials Push for Bloc to Enforce Libya Arms Embargo

Written by Büro Andrej Hunko on 14 February 2020.

"Andrej Hunko, the European affairs policy spokesman for Germany's opposition Left party, said the EU's proposal to dispatch military ships risked “pouring oil into the fire" and wouldn't stop weapons being smuggled into Libya by land. Hunko called for a civilian operation to oversee the arms embargo. This could be carried out by the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, of which Turkey — one of the main military backers of Sarraj — is also a member, he said."

Weiterlesen auf nytimes.com

Tags: Europäische Union, Libyen

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