Arab states will ask for a UN resolution to end an embargo on weapon sales to Libya on Wednesday, AFP reported, in an effort to ramp up the fight against ISIS (Daesh).
Jordan will be drafting the resolution to lift the embargo on Libya, which has been in place since 2011, "to enable it to fight against terrorism," the ministry said in a statement. The resolution will also call for increased surveillance to ensure that the weapons go to the legitimate government and not any armed militants.
The Arab states decided to draft the resolution after a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the countries' UN ambassadors, according to the AFP.
The push for the fight against Daesh in Libya came shortly after the jihadist group released a video of a mass execution of 21 kidnapped workers, 20 Egyptians and one from Central Africa. Since then Egypt and Libya have collaborated in airstrikes against the organization.
The UN Security Council placed the embargo on Libya during the Arab Spring in 2011 to protect civilians from Moammar Gadhafi's regime, AFP said.
