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10/11/2004:

"EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya"

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to end sanctions against Libya, including an arms embargo.

Italy had argued for the lifting of the 18-year-old arms ban, so that it could supply Libya with hi-tech equipment intended to curb illegal migration.

EU ambassadors decided on 22 September that the sanctions - imposed in 1992 - should be lifted.

But ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, have now gone further in removing the arms embargo, which dates back to 1986.

Full Article : bbc.co.uk