EU and NATO: IS gaining ground in Libya to stop

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EU and NATO: IS gaining ground in Libya to stop

The IS focused now on Libya. In order to prevent, prepare for EU and NATO to the North African country military support. Also the army could be.

Supporters of the IS in Libya (file picture)

“NATO stands ready, a new unity government in Libya to support,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Amsterdam. He offered the country in particular to help build up “Verteidigungsinstitutionen”. The Alliance could possibly consultants and trainers in the country. Only a national government could be military help of the international community demand it.

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Stoltenberg took in Amsterdam at a Meeting of EU defence Ministers, in part. Also Bundesverteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) warned at the Meeting: “Libya begins, a place of retreat and the area of operation of the “Islamic state” to be”. Meanwhile, according to US information 5000 IS fighters in the North African country. As Stoltenberg urged also by the Leyen on the quick formation of a unity government, so that this assistance of the international community to request could.

Simulations of possible Libyeneinsatz

Von der Leyen said nothing, whether out of Germany on an Anti-Terror mission in Libya to participate. She made it clear however, that the armed forces definitely in an expansion of the European Anti-smuggler operation in the Mediterranean to participate. “We have from the beginning, this Operation mitbegleitet and designed, and we are, of course, this Operation continues to accompany, if a Libyan unity government asks us to,” said the Bundesverteidigungsministerin. An extension of the EU-Mittelmeermission “Sophia” would allow the EU, directly in front of the Libyan coast against criminal Flüchtlingsschleuser to proceed. So far used exclusively in international waters, but not in national.

The internal Deliberations of the EU seem to go further: The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had in the last spring as scenarios for possible missions presented to the crisis country to stabilize. For instance, this includes the backup of important facilities such as airports or Oil refineries. International is talked about, whether a highly secured “green Zone” around government buildings should be set up to the government to protect similar to the situation in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Germany and Italy consider also a joint Mission to train Libyan security forces, which might be in neighboring Tunisia to be stationed.

No Unity in terms of unity government

However, the prerequisite for all of these Considerations can be difficult to meet. The efforts in Libya a unity government to form, were at the end of January has failed. The internationally recognized Parliament in Tobruk has rejected the UN-supported unity government.

Libya is sinking since the toppling of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011, in the Chaos. Numerous militias fighting for Power. Several efforts under UN mediation, a unity government to bring to pass, have failed. The IS-militia controlled the area around Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte. The Bundeswehr is involved in Africa on a UN deployment in Mali, also from Islamist extremists is being threatened.

nem/cr (afp, dpa, rtr)