Libya’s foreign minister has asked the United Nations to end an embargo on weapon sales to the country’s internationally recognised government and help support its army as it confronts the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
Mohammed al-Dairi told the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday that the UN “shouldered a legal responsibility” to help in the rebuilding of Libya’s army.
“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 weapons so our army can receive materiel and weapons so as to deal with this rampant terrorism,” Dairi told the council.
