Libya conflict: latest updates from the Berlin summit

The one-day meeting attempted stabilise the country which has witnessed chaos in recent years

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed for bilateral talks prior to a peace summit on Libya in Berlin. AFP

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as they arrive for a bilateral meeting prior to a peace summit on Libya in Berlin. AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso upon his arrival to attend the peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP

Guards stand next to the flags of the participating countries at the entrance of the German Chancellery in Berlin before the arrival of the participants in the peace summit on Libya. AFP

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is surrounded by security personnel as he gets out of his car upon his arrival at his hotel in Berlin on the eve of a peace conference on Libya to be held at the Chancellery. AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen upon her arrival at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. EPA

A policeman secures a street close to the Chancellery, the host of the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany. Reuters

Ghassan Salame, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya speaks during an interview with AFP in Berlin on the eve of a peace summit on Libya. AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

epa08140578 A handout photo made available by US Department of State (DOS) shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (2-R) meeting with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2-L) in Berlin, Germany, 19 January 2020, on the sidelines of the International Libya Conference. The summit, which takes place in Berlin and sees the participation of various world leaders, including Internationally-recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and renegade General Khalifa Haftar, will try to begin a process to reconcile the two Libyan rival leaders. EPA/RON PRZYSUCHA/US DEPARTMENT OF STATE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold Turkish flags as they gather at Potsdamer Platz during the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi for bi-lateral talks prior a Peace summit on Libya in Berlin on January 19, 2020. World powers on January 19, 2020 gather in Berlin to make a fresh push for peace in Libya, in a desperate bid to stop the conflict-wracked nation from disintegrating into a "second Syria". Leaders of Russia, Turkey and France are due in Berlin for talks held under the auspices of the United Nations, which want to extract a pledge from foreign powers wielding influence in the region to stop interfering in the conflict, be it through the provision of weapons, troops or financing. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN

A high-level summit in Berlin aimed at ending Libya’s bitter civil war has concluded with a pledge to end the flow of weapons into the North African nation.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who hosted the conference of 11 nations on Sunday, told reporters progress had been made to build towards peace in Libya following agreements she had been given in private by the leaders of the country’s two warring factions.

The leaders of Russia, Turkey, France and Germany joined representatives of other states with a stake in the conflict including the United States as well as the European Union, the Arab League and the African Union for talks, held under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Leaders of both warring factions – Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and the head of Tripoli's government Fayez Al Sarraj – attended the first such UN-led gathering since 2018.