The question how to maintain a fragile ceasefire in Libya took up much of Monday morning when German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas met EU High Representative Josep Borrell in Berlin. "All of us who sat at the table in Berlin and agreed the conclusions will take responsibility for that." Representatives of some 16 nations and international organizations at the Berlin Libya summit agreed to stop delivering weapons into Libya, where the Tripoli-based government and the rival Tobruk government are locked in a drawn out conflict. The US and the EU, as well as Turkey, support the Tripoli government, while Russia backs the opposing warlord Khalifa Haftar. The sticking point, as for so long in the EU, remains how shipwrecked migrants should be distributed among member states.

Source: Libya Today January 27, 2020 13:52 UTC