NEW YORK: Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that his government is refusing to give its consent for UN action aimed at endorsing Europe’s military plan to fight migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean.

Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told AFP that as long as European governments were discussing the plan with Libyan militias that control coastal territory, there would be no green light for a UN resolution.

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