Foreign powers back Libya ceasefire as commander’s forces choke oil flows
Berlin summit agrees to forge permanent ceasefire
19 January 2020 - 21:44
Berlin — Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky ceasefire in Libya, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades of oilfields by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar that could cripple the country's crude production.
Haftar, whose Libyan National Army (LNA) is bearing down on the capital Tripoli with the backing of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Russian mercenaries and African troops, attended the one-day summit in the German capital despite having abandoned talks over a truce last week...
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