Libya's foreign minister urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo to allow the internationally recognized government to fight jihadists, amid growing alarm over the threat from the Islamic State. Mohammed al-Dairi made the appeal to the 15-member council after Islamic State militants beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, triggering worldwide revulsion and condemnation. "Libya needs a decisive stance from the international community to help us build our national army's capacity and this would come through a lifting of the embargo on ******* so that our army can receive material and ******* so as to deal with this rampant terrorism," the foreign minister said. His appeal came after UN envoy Bernardi** Leon said his efforts to broker a deal on forming a unity government able to address the threat from extremists could soon yield results.
02-26-2015, 07:04 AM
Libya urges UN to lift arms embargo
Libya's foreign minister urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo to allow the internationally recognized government to fight jihadists, amid growing alarm over the threat from the Islamic State. Mohammed al-Dairi made the appeal to the 15-member council after Islamic State militants beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, triggering worldwide revulsion and condemnation. "Libya needs a decisive stance from the international community to help us build our national army's capacity and this would come through a lifting of the embargo on ******* so that our army can receive material and ******* so as to deal with this rampant terrorism," the foreign minister said. His appeal came after UN envoy Bernardi** Leon said his efforts to broker a deal on forming a unity government able to address the threat from extremists could soon yield results.
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