EU announces 100m euro aid for Libya's UN-supported unity government

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced a 100-million-euro aid package for Libya's UN.-supported unity government, the European Union official website said on Friday.

Earlier in a joint press conference with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj in Tunis, Mogherini said "it is very important for me to be here today, meeting again my friends, and it is especially an honour for me to be the first of the international partners to meet with the Presidency Council."

"It is particularly important to do so in a day of mourning the victims of yesterday's attack in Zliten and before in Sidra," she added.

"The people of Libya deserve peace and security. And I think that there is not one single Libyan today who is not tired of war, conflict and sorrow. With the Libyan political agreement, with the Presidency Council, with the Government of National Accord that we hope can be put in place soon, there is finally, after so many months, a real possibility to unite among Libyans and to try to fight terrorism."

"We have €100 million for support - from humanitarian aid to support to institutional building - ready to be utilised immediately from day one when the Government of National Accord works," she further said.

Source: MENA