Libya and Egypt asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo to allow the countries to build their armies to combat the Islamic State Militants.
The Security Council met to discuss footage of Egyptian citizens being beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya.
"Libya needs a decisive stance from the international community to help us build or national army's capacity and this would come through a lifting of the embargo on weapons ... so as to deal with this rampant terrorism," said the Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Dayri at the Security Council.
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday called for a UN resolution to mandate an international coalition to intervene in Libya, reports Reuters.
The Security Council met to discuss footage of Egyptian citizens being beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya.
"Libya needs a decisive stance from the international community to help us build or national army's capacity and this would come through a lifting of the embargo on weapons ... so as to deal with this rampant terrorism," said the Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Dayri at the Security Council.
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday called for a UN resolution to mandate an international coalition to intervene in Libya, reports Reuters.