EU urges all parties involved in Libyan conflict to end all military operations and engage in peace negotiations
The EU statement urged"all Libyan and international parties to effectively and immediately stop all military operations".
The European Union called on all parties involved in the Libyan conflict to end military operations and engage in peace talks in a joint statement signed Tuesday by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy. A political initiative was agreed on Saturday between Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and warlord Khalifa Haftar and his illegal militia.
Neither the members of Libya’s UN-backed government nor their international allies were present at the conference in Cairo.
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