PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said on Wednesday the situation in Libya was very worrying, warning the Syria scenario was being replicated in the country.
"The crisis is deepening. We are facing a 'Syrianisation' of Libya," Le Drian told a French Senate hearing.
The foreign minister added that if the warring sides in Libya don’t return to the negotiating table, the situation in the country will get worse and “threaten Europe.”
Libya was plunged into chaos when a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The country is now split between a government in the east allied with Khalifa Haftar and one in Tripoli, in the west, called the Government of National Accord (GNA).
