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Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a truce in Libya (Photo: Kremlin)

Analysis

No Libya truce in Moscow: time for EU step in

On Monday (13 January) Russia came up with a diplomatic surprise on Libya.

Both leaders of the two warring sides in Libya, field marshal Khalifa Haftar and UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj, came to Moscow in order to negotiate a truce.

With this coup de théâtre Russia was putting itself (again) on the map as a peace-broker. This not only increases its global status, but may also put Russia at the front of the queue for future contracts in Libya.

However, the negoti...

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