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Brussels: Turkey has again blocked the EU’s monitoring of the United Nations weapons embargo against Libya. In February, Turkey’s foreign ministry in Ankara vetoed the search of two merchant ships suspected of being used for illegal transports to the war-torn North African country, dpa has learned. Both were Turkish-flagged and therefore not allowed to be inspected against the wishes of Turkish authorities. In an earlier incident in November, Turkey forced the abandonment of a search of a container ship that had already begun by German marines and subsequently accused the German government and the EU of illegal behaviour. The EU’s Irini monitoring mission was established in May 2020 and aims to stabilise war-torn Libya and support the UN-led political peace process. Libya has been engulfed by civil war since the overthrow of long-term ruler Moamer Gaddafi in 2011, with the conflict increasingly turning into a proxy war. (dpa)
