Russia and Turkey view Libya as central to their economic and geostrategic ambitions in the Middle East and North Africa. Europe and the United States did not act against Russia, and in November, the Government of National Accord turned to Turkey for help. ADEven before Sunday’s communique, senior European leaders were calling for greater engagement and unity in Libya, especially to enforce the U.N. arms embargo. “The Europeans should be strongly engaged, much more than in the past, to control the arms embargo,” Borrell said. Borrell and other top European leaders suggested sending European forces to Libya to monitor a truce.

Source: Washington Post January 19, 2020 16:41 UTC