UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of the EU anti-migrant smuggling operation Sophia in the Mediterranean, allowing the participants to intercept ships carrying weapons in the international waters, in violation of an embargo against Libya.
The Resolution 2292 was adopted unanimously. The draft resolution was proposed by the United Kingdom last week.
Operation Sophia was approved by the UN Security Council in October last year amid massive migrant crisis, with a rising number of refugees travelling to the European Union across the Mediterranean Sea and other routes.
