The UN-backed arms embargo in Libya has become a joke and the country’s financial position is deteriorating rapidly, the UN deputy special envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, has said after foreign ministers met in Munich to try to enforce a ceasefire between the two warring sides. Last week the UN security council passed a resolution calling for enforcement of the arms embargo and a ceasefire. Williams said: “The arms embargo has become a become a joke. Many arms embargo breaches are occurring by air and by land through Egypt. The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, said in Munich that Haftar’s aggression had to stop.

Source: Libya Today February 16, 2020 13:08 UTC