BERLIN – The leaders of Germany and Britain agreed on Saturday on the need for “severe” international sanctions to be imposed as quickly as possible on the Libyan regime, Berlin said. In a telephone conversation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed on the need for urgent United Nations sanctions, the German government’s deputy spokesman, Christoph Steegmans, said in a statement.
The two leaders believe “the United Nations Security Council must adopt severe sanctions as quickly as possible against the regime in Tripoli,” he said, adding that the two leaders also agreed on the need for European Union sanctions.
