EU Seeks Libya Ceasefire, End to Turkish ‘Interference’

EU Seeks Libya Ceasefire, End to Turkish ‘Interference’
A European Union flag flies in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 3, 2019. Aris Oikonomou/AFP via Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Union called on Turkey to stop its “interference” in conflict-ravaged Libya and appealed to forces fighting in the northern African country to call a ceasefire around the capital, Tripoli.

Speaking after talks with the foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Jan. 7 that Turkey’s decision to deploy troops “is something that we reject and increases our worries about the situation in Libya.”