Monday, January 20, 2020

EU Debates Sending Military Forces To Libya



Bloomberg: EU Agonizes Over Troop Deployment With Libyan Oil Flows Blocked

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union must be prepared to back up its diplomacy with force as the bloc’s foreign ministers discussed sending troops into Libya.

As von der Leyen made her first appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, since taking charge of the EU’s executive arm, officials in Brussels were discussing how to ensure a tentative truce in Libya becomes a proper cease-fire.

“The European Union needs hard power but always together with diplomacy and crisis prevention,“ von der Leyen said Monday in Bloomberg Television interview in Davos. “Only that together is comprehensive security.”

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WNU Editor: There is no stomach in Europe to send forces into Libya. As for the UN-backed government in Libya, there are growing concerns that the oil blockade will collapse the government .... Libya will face 'catastrophe' if oil blockade continues: Tripoli premier (Reuters).

2 comments:

Andrew Jackson said...

Please God , make it stop!!!!

Anonymous said...

West invades. Introduces democracy. Peace, freedom and prosperity spreads across the land. BAZINGA!