Siala Calls for Excluding Terror-Combating Weapons From UN Arms Embargo on Libya.

Dushanbe, 6 May 2018(Lana) The GNA Minister of Foreign and International Cooperation Mohamed Siala has called on the international community to support Libya's request to exclude weapons for fighting terrorism from the arms embargo imposed by the UN on Libya. Such weapons are needed by the Presidency Guard and the Coastal Guard forces to fight terrorism, Siala told the International Conference on Combating Terrorism in the capital of Tajikistan. The ban on arms exports to Libya under the plea of fuelling civil war and sedition has hugely curtailed our ability to combat terrorist actions, Siala said. 'We hope that the international community back up our request to exclude terror-fighting arms from the embargo. He noted that the last terror attack to hit Libya was the one against the election commission building in the capital Tripoli in which 16 young lives were lost, and dozens wounded. Siala arrived in Dushanbe on Friday to attend the International Conference on Combating Terrorism which was held in the country under the sponsorship of the UN , the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union. The conference discusses security challenges facing the world and uniting efforts to combat terrorism, and extremism and violence as the main cause of instability in many regions of the world. =Lana=