Heiko Maas Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/heiko-maas/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Heiko Maas Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/heiko-maas/ 32 32 European ministers call for Libya ceasefire during Ramadan https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/european-ministers-call-for-libya-ceasefire-during-ramadan/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/european-ministers-call-for-libya-ceasefire-during-ramadan/ European ministers have urged Libyan parties to observe a truce during Ramadan. They say they’re echoing the call by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The ceasefire call comes from French Foreign Minister Yves le Drian and his counterparts from Germany  Heiko Maas and Italy Luigi Di Mayo. EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell has […]

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]]> European ministers have urged Libyan parties to observe a truce during Ramadan.

They say they’re echoing the call by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The ceasefire call comes from French Foreign Minister Yves le Drian and his counterparts from Germany  Heiko Maas and Italy Luigi Di Mayo.

EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell has endorsed the call which was spurred by the refusal of Tripoli’s  Government of National Accord led by Fayez Al Sarraj to accept an EU blockade of Libya to enforce the United Nations arms embargo.

The government, which is backed by the UN, says the naval action has failed to stop weapons getting through to rebels led by Khalifa Haftar who are bent on occupying the capital. 

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]]> Khalifa Haftar says he’ll rejoin Libyan peace conference https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/khalifa-haftar-says-hell-rejoin-libyan-peace-conference/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/khalifa-haftar-says-hell-rejoin-libyan-peace-conference/ Libyan rebel leader Khalifa Haftar says he’ll attend this weekend’s peace conference in Berlin with the leader of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Sarraj. He’s been persuaded by Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to return the process he walked out of last weekend. Khalifa Haftar was speaking in Athens where he is seeing […]

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]]> Libyan rebel leader Khalifa Haftar says he’ll attend this weekend’s peace conference in Berlin with the leader of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Sarraj.
He’s been persuaded by Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to return the process he walked out of last weekend.
Khalifa Haftar was speaking in Athens where he is seeing Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Greece has become more involved in Libya’s peace process since Turkey signed a military and maritime cooperation agreement with the Government of National Accord.
The deal gives exploration rights to Turkey in vast swathes of the Mediterranean that are disputed by Greece.
World powers are pressing the Libyan parties to sign an agreement in Berlin that will end nine years of conflict following ousting and death of Muammar Gadaffi.

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