French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with foreign and regional leaders over escalating tensions in Libya, calling Turkey’s intervention in the country unacceptable. Mr Macron accused Ankara of disregarding Libya’s arms embargo, to which it recommitted in January at the Berlin conference on Libya with other world powers, to produce the major shift on the ground. Mr Macron also spoke with US President Donald Trump over the phone to discuss the escalating situation in Libya. Mr Macron backed Egypt’s warning to Turkey calling Mr Sisi’s concerns “legitimate”. "I don't want in six months, or one year or two, to see that Libya is in the situation that Syria is in today," Mr Macron said.

Source: Libya Today June 23, 2020 09:01 UTC