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European Union's foreign ministers agreed on Monday, though only in principle, on a new mission — which would include naval assets — to monitor Libya's UN arms embargo, according to the German Foreign Minister Heiko Ma
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The Italian news agency ANSA has reported that negotiations to re-launch Operation Sophia, in order to monitor the arms embargo imposed on Libya, have run into a number of roadblocks.
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Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz said that the suspended European naval operation "Sophia" launched on the Libyan coasts was practically ineffective in the period between 2016 and 2019.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that NATO could do much to support the EU Sophia Operation in imposing an arms embargo on Libya.
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The UN Security Council unanimously decided on Thursday, to extend the task of the Operation Sophia, off the Libyan coast, for another year.
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Spokeswoman for the EU foreign policy chief, Maya Kosyanchich, said that the fate of the Operation Sophia, the EU naval mission targeting human trafficking in the Mediterranean, will be determined by the end of this mo
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The European Ministerial Council extended Friday, the Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean until the end of September this year.
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The European Commission (EC) emphasized the need for Operation Sophia to continue in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Libya.
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