Libya: Mogherini stresses need for follow-up to diplomatic efforts

ROME, Italy, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- After her visit to Tripoli on Saturday 11 October, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini spoke on the phone today with the United Nations Special Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon. In the run-up to the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council taking place in Luxembourg on Monday 20 October, they discussed the developments in the crisis. "The situation, already difficult, has seen worrying developments in the last few days", said Mogherini. "It is vital to follow up the political-diplomatic initiatives launched last week, and especially the visit to Tripoli by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, in the most effective manner possible".