Berlin delegates urge compliance with Libya arms embargo

Participants at the Berlin Conference for Libya, under the auspices of the United Nations Security Council, have pledged to ‘refrain from interfering’ in the ongoing conflict in the country, called upon the Security Council to impose sanctions on parties in violation of the ceasefire, and on ‘all actors to refrain from any activities exacerbating the conflict or inconsistent with the UNSC arms embargo or the ceasefire, including the financing of military capabilities or the recruitment of mercenaries.’

The conference brings together the governments of Algeria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Turkey, the Republic of the Congo, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and High Representatives of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, and the League of Arab States.

In December 2019, UN monitors reported that countries including Jordan, the UAE and Turkey had repeatedly violated the arms embargo in place on the country.

The summit meeting was largely understood to be an attempt to curb Turkey’s stated intention to deploy troops to support the recognised leader of Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj.

See: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/the-berlin-conference-on-libya-1713882