Countries sending arms to Libya to face consequences, Germany warns

German foreign minister Heiko Maas threatened the countries that continue delivering weapons and sending troops and mercenaries to Libya, despite the arms embargo. Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting, Maas said that those countries will face “consequences”.
Last month, 16 countries and organizations renewed their commitment to a 2011 UN weapons embargo, aiming to end to the civil war.
“I’m sure there will be ramifications for those who continue to breach the arms embargo today”, Maas said, and added that there would be discussions in the European Union over the repercussions for those who violate the embargo.
UN chief Antonio Guterres recently called the continuing arms deliveries to Libya a “scandal.” Libya’s UN-supported government, the GNA, is backed by Turkey, while the LNA, which is the rival faction of warlord Khalifa Haftar, is supported by the UAE, France, Russia and Egypt.
Guterres, as well as Stephanie Williams, the UN Deputy Special Representative to Libya have repeatedly warned that the conflict has to stop being fueled by foreign intervention, as the UAE, Egypt, Russia and Turkey refuse to stop arming their allies, despite the ban.