EU presses Austria to lift veto on Libya sea patrols


FILE PHOTO: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a news conference after a meeting to discuss Libya's crisis, in Brussels, Belgium January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU plans to resume maritime patrols in the Mediterranean faced more delays on Monday as foreign ministers struggled to convince Austria to lift its objections in a blow to efforts to uphold a U.N. arms embargo on Libya.

The EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell hoped that Monday's meeting of foreign ministers would agree to revive the EU's military mission, which stopped deploying ships last March after Italy said it would no longer take in migrants rescued at sea.

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