German Chancellor Angela Merkel says all participants in a Libya peace summit are to provide no further military support to warring parties while a truce lasts
World powers pledged to"refrain from interference" in Libya's war, vowing to uphold a weapons embargo during a summit in Berlin.
"We agreed on a comprehensive plan forward," Merkel said. "I can say that all participants worked really constructively together." "I hope the commitments made today will contribute to a lasting solution to the Libya crisis," Guterres said. Merkel and her foreign minister met both men at the chancellery before the summit began. Merkel said the two men agreed to name members of a military committee that will represent them at talks on a more permanent cease-fire.German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that “we know that today's signatures aren't enough.”
Erdogan also said: "Haftar's aggressive attitudes must end to implement the phase of political process and solution [in Libya]." Libya has been torn by fighting between rival armed factions since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Alarms grew internationally as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered troops to Libya early January to bolster Sarraj.
Accusing France in particular of siding with Haftar, Erdogan said leaving Libya to the warlord would be a "mistake of historic proportions".For Turkey, a fall of Sarraj's GNA could jeopardise a maritime boundary agreement the parties signed.
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