Mogherini Emphasizes Need to Make Dialogue a Success.

Brussels, 4 March 2015(Lana) The UN High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, said resumption of talks between Libyan parties later this week in Morocco would pave the way for a political agreement and a government of national unity in Libya. In a statement on the Libyan crisis, Mogherini said 'the EU, and indeed the international community, continue to support the UN Secretary General Special Envoy Bernardino Leon with whom I am in constant contact.' The crisis in Libya is the most serious in the southern neighborhood of the European Union, and could escalate with even more serious consequences on whole Europe, Mogherini said. She stressed the need to make the UN-sponsored Libyan dialogue a success, to end the constitutional vacuum which offered a breeding ground for terrorist groups. 'All EU members have said they were ready to address the crisis now more than any time before, and that Libya will once again feature high on the agenda of the EU non-official meeting to be held in Latvia on Friday and Saturday, Mogherini added. The EU is prepared to offer assistance to a national unity government in Libya, in the common battle against terrorism. Mogherini indicated that the March 16 meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council would be an opportunity to agree on concrete steps on the situation in Libya. =Lana=