UN and regional powers mulls lasting solution for Libya's security situation

186 views · Published 22 January 2017 · 1:07 · Indexed 8 October 2026

Channel: CGTN Africa · 2017 · News & Politics

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Cairo has been hosting talks aimed at restoring Libya's security. The tenth meeting between the United Nations and regional powers seeks to ease the conflict in Libya. Foreign ministers attending have maintained their opposition to any foreign military intervention in the country. They also support the Skhirat agreement signed in 2015 to form a unity government.  Libya's unity government though struggles to impose its authority in the capital.  It has also failed to win endorsement from power-brokers in the east. Egypt's Foreign Minister says his country will continue pushing for the UN arms embargo to be lifted.

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