Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy and the top European Union diplomat, High Representative Josep Borrell, called Saturday on the conflicting Libyan parties on the ground to commit to a humanitarian truce and to to resume peace talks.
The joint statement indicated that the EU and Foreign Ministers want to unite their voices to those of the UN Secretary-General Guterres and his Acting Special Representative for Libya, Stephanie Williams, in their call for a humanitarian truce in Libya.
“We call on all Libyan parties to take inspiration from the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan and to resume talks in order to achieve a true ceasefire,” the statement added.
The statement was made by European Union foreign policy representative Josep Borrell, as well as by Foreign Ministers of France; Jean-Yves Le Drian, Italy; Luigi di Maio, and Germany; Heiko Maas.