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Stability in Libya crucial for neighbors' security: Maltese Minister

Xinhua, April 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

Stability in Libya is fundamental for its neighbors' security, but unfortunately there remains a great level of instability in Libya, Maltese Home Affairs and National Security Minister Carmelo Abela said on Sunday.

He was speaking at an inter-parliamentary conference on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP), organized in Malta by the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Abela said the EU has acted with determination to counter the instability in its proximity by engaging with affected countries by means of CSDP missions.

At the same time the EU's mechanism for peacekeeping also includes a raft of measures whereby it analyses its crisis response tools, and constantly refines and updates them, he added.

Much effort is also being invested in the EU's military intervention in international waters off the coast of Libya aimed at breaking the business of human trafficking.

"The CSDP provisions enable the Union to take a leading role in peacekeeping operations, in conflict prevention and in the strengthening of international security," Abela said. Endit