Russia has called on the European Union to obtain an approval from the UN Security Council for the naval mission, IRINI, to monitor the implementation of Libya’s arms embargo in the Mediterranean.

The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Smaїl Chergui has emphasized that the EU’s operation IRINI implemented to enforce the arms embargo on Libya must be transparent and includes all borders of Libya.

Russia will monitor the EU’s new naval operation aimed at stopping arms smuggling to Libya to see if it is in line with the UN resolution, the Russian mission to the United Nations said Wednesday.

The former Head of the High Council of State, Abdelrahman Al-Sweihli said he had reaffirmed, in a phone call with the US ambassador to Libya Richard Norland, “their right to defeat Haftar’s militias that are shelling Tripoli’s neighborhoods and hospitals and are cutting off water, and reiterated that stopping the …

When Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s diplomat-in-chief, announced the launch of Operation Irini  last week, he noted: “Diplomacy cannot succeed unless it is backed by action.”

The Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Taher Sayala and European Union’s Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell held a phone call, the GNA Foreign Ministry confirmed, to discuss the ongoing crisis in Libya.

Libya’s Foreign Minister, Mohammed Siyala has expressed to the EU ambassador during a telephone conversation, the reservation of the Government of National Accord (GNA) with respect to launching a naval mission to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya.

The European Union announced on Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships attracted migrants to Europe’s shores.

The European Union will launch a new Mediterranean naval and air mission in April to stop more arms reach warring factions in Libya, EU diplomats said on Thursday, with Greece agreeing to take in any migrants rescued at sea.

The Libyan Government of National Accord announced Saturday the closure of all the country’s land and air ports for three weeks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.