The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres, in a letter to member states dated 31 December, asked regional blocs to nominate observers to monitor Libya's shaky ceasefire and arms embargo. The two Libyan warring sides signed a ceasefire in Geneva on 23 October, but the agreement is under pressure and might collapse as the political deadlock continues. A 2011 UN-imposed arms embargo is being regularly breached by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar. Turkey, on the other hand, is violating the embargo by supplying arms and fighters to the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. Guterres wants regional blocs like the African Union, the Arab League and […]
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