Several countries have breached arms embargo agreed at Libya summit - U.N.


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  • Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2020. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Several countries backing rival factions in Libya have violated an arms embargo which they had agreed to uphold a week ago at a summit in Berlin, the United Nations said on Saturday.

Last Sunday, foreign powers backing opposing camps fighting over Libya's capital Tripoli agreed at a summit hosted by Germany and the United Nations to push the parties to a lasting ceasefire and respect an existing U.N. arm embargo.

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