US calls for withdrawal of foreign fighters in Libya

TRIPOLI, 24 June 2021, (TON): The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the ceasefire agreement in Libya must be fully implemented and all foreign forces withdrawn from the country.

Mr Blinken was speaking in Berlin, where he is attending a second round of UN-sponsored Libyan peace talks.

He is taking part alongside representatives from Russia, Turkey, France and Egypt.

The meeting comes months after a new national unity government was formed in Libya.

Some 20,000 foreign fighters are still thought to be in the country.

Their presence is seen as a threat to the UN-backed transition leading to elections scheduled for December.

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