European Union calls on foreign forces to leave Libya
EU Council President Charles Michel met with officials in Tripoli as more European officials are set to visit the capital this month.
The European Union reiterated a call for all foreign fighters to depart Libya as the war-torn country works toward a political solution to years of civil war.
EU Council President Charles Michel renewed the demand during a press conference in Tripoli on Sunday, calling it a “precondition” for Libya’s return to normalcy after a decade of intermittent civil war.
The conflict’s latest stalemate has been seized upon by United Nations officials and United States diplomats with a cease-fire to which both sides agreed last year.
That agreement stipulated that foreign fighters leave Libya in January, though there has been little sign of foreign mercenaries departing the conflict in significant numbers.
