Is the sky falling on Libya?

The ink is barely dry on a new joint statement on Libya. But already the roadmap is erund threat from developments on the ground.

In a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, 22 countries and 4 organisations (including the EU) signed a joint statement on Libya in support of de-escalation and of the UN-backed Presidential Council sitting in Tripoli. The statement charts a roadmap to implement the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in December 2015 in Morocco. But reality may head in a different direction, one in which the sky falls on existing plans. The EU and its member states would do well to consider alternative scenarios in order to be able to adapt their policies.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Joint Communique on Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/joint-communication-from-the-international-community-on-libya-22-september-2016/

ECFR: Video, 21.09.16: Crisis and resilience in Libya and Tunisia http://www.ecfr.eu/article/crisis_and_resilience_in_libya_and_tunisia

International Crisis Group: Report, No.170, November 2016: The Libyan Political Agreement: Time for a Reset https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/libya/libyan-political-agreement-time-reset

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Briefing Paper, No.7816 (01.12.16): Libya November 2016 update http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7816

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