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World powers begin crunch Libya peace talks in Berlin

19 January 2020, 4:14 pm
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BERLIN — World leaders, including the presidents of Turkey, Russia and France, open talks today at a summit hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed at ending the war in Libya.

Held under the auspices of the United Nations, the summit’s main goal is to get foreign powers wielding influence in the region to stop interfering in the war — be it through the supply of weapons, troops or financing.

— AFP

Left to right in first row: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sissi and (top row left to right) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi, EU Commision President Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan pose for a photograph during a peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin, January 19, 2020. (Odd Andersen/AFP)

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