EU foreign ministers agree on new mission to
The European Union will launch a new naval and air
weeks of fruitless negotiations and warnings by EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell that the
mission could bring more migrants to Europe, EU ships will hail and inspect suspicious vessels
Borrell said he hoped the EU operation could be patrolling by the end
not Libyan, waters. Borrell also said the EU could not be expected to patrol the
Initially Borrell had hoped to revive the EU’s current military mission, known as Operation
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the EU to agree on a naval mission, saying
military, not humanitarian. However, under international law, EU ships are still required to rescue those
with no navy, could hold up an EU sea mission
to seek a ceasefire in Libya, the EU will also consider a peacekeeping mission if
Turkey prefers UN oversight to EU’s
Party said the United Nations, not the European Union, should oversee the arms embargo on Libya
We think the European Union overseeing the arms embargo on Libya will
realistic results because some countries in the European Union directly support Haftar’s side and are
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