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Spain Calls for Considering Oil Embargo if Dialogue Fails in Libya .

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Brussels : 16. 3. 2015 - Lana - Spanish foreign minister , '' Jose Manuel Garcia '' said Monday that forming a national unity government in Libya is the last hope for peaceful solution . If talks failed the European Union must take measures to force Libyan sides to return to negotiating table . EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to prepare proposals for the Union's Mission in Libya if talks reached agreement between rival sides . The Spanish foreign minister said to reporters : '' We called for considering measures to freeze assets of Libyan Central Bank , imposing oil embargo as pressure tools in order to persuade all sides that no economic development can be realized without political stability ''. The EU ministers supported a call by the EU Foreign Affairs Policies Representative , '' Federica Moghrini '' to study sending a mission to Libya , but they did not give any details about mechanism of this step . On the other hand , '' Moghrini'' On the other hand , '' Moghrini '' presented the idea of sending a commission by the EU to Libya to monitor cease fire or to protect airports and other infrastructure facilities if talks succeeded ... indicating , in the meantime , that the EU ships may help in imposing sanctions on importing weapons to Libya . EU diplomats say that '' Moghrini's plans require sending some European soldiers to Libya . According to diplomats sending European mission needs a request by Libya and a mandate from the UN Security Council , since it is not guaranteed to get support from Russia and China which both enjoy the use of a ( veto). Lana