On Saturday 22 August, Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, welcomed the announcements made the previous day by Fayez al-Sarraj, the President of the Presidency Council, and Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, that fighting had ceased in Libya and elections would soon be held.
Al-Sarraj called for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in March 2021.
In a statement issued on behalf of the EU, Borrell...