In the United Nations Security Council, Egypt's line does not pass, but the one dictated by the US and the EU: no military intervention in Libya, a political solution is being sought. And Italy announces that it is ready to assume a leading role in the UN initiative. "We are ready to contribute to the monitoring of a ceasefire and peacekeeping, ready to work on training the armed forces in a framework of integrating militias into a regular army and for the rehabilitation of infrastructure," he told the council. of Security the Italian Permanent Representative Sebastiano Cardi, after having expressed himself in the same terms before the Chamber the Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni.
Meanwhile, Egypt has returned to strike the IS jihadists in Libyan territory with an incursion by land, up to Derna, and according to some sources "they killed 155 ISIS fighters and captured another 55". And at the UN, the Egyptian government has insisted that the arms embargo be lifted for the Libyan government recognized by the international community, i.e. the one forced to operate from Tobruk, while in Tripoli a 'parallel' government formed by Islamic militias rules . The same request had also come from the Libyan government itself. The two countries have also asked to impose a naval blockade along the coasts of areas where IS-affiliated groups are present.
