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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 JUNE 2020 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Fine during the day and partly cloudy overnight Visibility Good Wind North Northwest force 3 to 4 backing West Northwest force 2 to 3 Sea Slight to moderate becoming slight TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 2. Nightclothes (7) 7. Den (4) 8. Foss (4) 9. Holder (5) 10. Worn on a necklace (6) 11. Draw idly (6) 12. Metallic element (3) 14. Moor (5) 16. Smash (5) 18. Twain (3) 21. The office of the pope (6) 23. Portion of time (6) 24. Falls (5) 25. Entreaty (4) 26. Monarch (4) 27. Establishment for brewing beer (7) Down 1. Combat area (3,4) 2. Arrogant (5) 3. Pleasure excursion (6) 4. Magician in Arthurian legend (6) 5. Noisy kiss (7) 6. Worn-out (5) 13. Large island in the Channel (3) 15. Public passenger vehicle (7) 17. Narrative (7) 18. Unsteady gait (6) 19. Resist (6) 20. Trades (5) 22. Annoying (5) SUNNY UV: 11 SUNNY UV: 11 28 0 / 20 0 30 0 / 21 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 FEELS LIKE 33 0 EVARIST Bartolo has encour- aged the EU and US to form a united front to gain the trust of Libyans. The Foreign Minister was speaking during a video confer- ence between EU foreign min- isters and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Bartolo told his counterparts that for the EU and US to be relevant in Libya, they had to gain the trust of Libyan inter- locutors. He said that the priority should be to encourage Libyans to form a united front for their own country's sake. "If decisions regarding Lib- ya are not taken by Libyans themselves than it will not be in their interest and there will never be long-term stability and peace in the country, and all of this will be against the interest of the EU and the US," Bartolo said. The discussions on Lib- ya came at a time when the UN-recognised Government of National Accord based in Trip- oli is pushing back the east- ern-based forces of General Khalifa Haftar. The tide turned in favour of the GNA and its militia allianc- es after Turkey stepped in with military assistance. Haftar had been on a year-long siege of the capital Tripoli. Haftar enjoys the support of Russia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, while the GNA has the backing of Turkey, Qa- tar and Italy. France is under- stood to have provided assis- tance to Haftar, leaving the EU in a quandary. The EU has an ongoing sea and air operation in the east- ern Mediterranean to monitor the UN arms embargo and stop the trafficking of weapons and illegal trade in oil. The oper- ation has been criticised be- cause it effectively starves one side of the conflict, the GNA, from weapons while doing lit- tle to stem the flow of weap- ons across the Egyptian bor- der from where Haftar gets his backing. Evarist Bartolo calls for EU-US alliance to gain Libyans' trust Decisions on Libya must be taken by Libyans themselves, Evarist Bartolo tells EU-US foreign ministers' meeting