Muscat, Cameron discuss Libya situation

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said yesterday that diplomacy must be given a chance to work in dealing with the situation in Libya but the UN must be prepared to intervene.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and British Prime Minister David Cameron met yesterday before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss how Malta and the United Kingdom could work together to help find a solution to instability in Libya.

Muscat went on to say that the international community, through the UN, had to be prepared to intervene if necessary, to restore peace and democracy to the nation. Maltese investment, increased migration and humanitarian issues are all concerns raised by the violence in Libya.

New leaders are due to be voted into Parliament within the next 72 hours, a period both Muscat and Cameron agreed could be a turning point in conflict.

They also discussed the two countries' commercial relationship as well as the situation in Ukraine.