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UN Chief Urges International Pressure to Solidify Libyan Cease-Fire

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the
   international community Tuesday to exert pressure on the rival Libyan
   parties to solidify a cease-fire and move toward a political process.

   "We have a truce," Guterres told reporters, adding it had some
   localized violations. "We need to move to a cease-fire, and from the
   cease-fire, we need to move to a real political process. And we are not
   yet there."

   The U.N. chief spoke to reporters after a nearly two-hour, closed-door
   meeting with the 15-nation Security Council during which he briefed
   them on the outcome of Sunday's conference in Berlin which he attended.

   The meeting hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew the leaders
   of several permanent Security Council members and other countries,
   including Turkey, Egypt and the UAE, which have influence in the
   conflict.

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