Libya Players Agree to Respect Arms Embargo, Push Cease-Fire

Libya Players Agree to Respect Arms Embargo, Push Cease-Fire
From left, U.N. Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a news conference after the conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 19, 2020. Axel Schmidt/Pool Photo via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—Countries with interests in Libya’s long-running civil war agreed Sunday to respect a much-violated arms embargo, hold off on military support to the warring parties and push them to reach a full cease-fire, German and U.N. leaders said.

The agreement came after about four hours of talks at the chancellery in Berlin. German Chancellor Anglea Merkel hosted leaders of 11 countries involved in the conflict, with Libya’s two main rival leaders also in the German capital but not at the main conference table.