On Friday 5 April, European External Action Service spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic called on the parties in Libya to reduce tensions between them, as General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army forces approach Tripoli.
“We are deeply concerned about the ongoing military build-up underway in Libya and the escalatory rhetoric which is seriously threatening to escalate into an uncontrollable confrontation”, she stressed. “We call on all parties to immediately de-escalate the situation...