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2020-04-26 Africa North
GNA Refuses Operation IRINI Because It Will Disrupt Arms Supplies From Turkey
[ALMARSAD.CO] The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council of State, Fayez al-Sarraj, released a message to the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Security Council and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
yesterday, Friday, expressing his categorical rejection to the European operation. Sarraj said the operation neglected to control the airspace and borders through which arms and ammunition are reaching Eastern Libya.

The main reason for Sarraj’s rejection, however, is because it will affect the arms supplies coming from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
which mainly takes place through the sea route, according to the Italian newspaper Il Foglio’s report today.

The newspaper quoted a high-level European diplomat who said that Sarraj seeks a prior guarantee in his favour.

The GNA’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Siala, in a phone conversation with Josep Borrell, the current High Representative of the European Union, expressed his rejection to the EU operation "in its incumbent state," according to the Italian newspaper.

Moreover, the newspaper noted that the GNA does not want Operation IRINI in its present form. Hence, the European operation, led by Italia, seems "lame" to most observers.

Posted by Fred 2020-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
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#1 March 31, 2020: The European Union has launched a new naval mission off Libyan coast, Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operation in the Mediterranean, called IRINI (peace in Greek) in order to step up efforts to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya. IRINI will have as its core task the implementation of the UN arms embargo through the use of aerial, satellite and maritime assets. The naval mission will be able to carry out inspections of vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya suspected to be carrying arms or related material to and from Libya.

IRINI will also monitor and gather information on illicit exports from Libya of petroleum, crude oil and refined petroleum products.
Posted by b 2020-04-26 19:22||   2020-04-26 19:22|| Front Page Top

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