CAIRO
Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that there is no talk of a military intervention in crisis-hit Libya.
"There is an Arab draft resolution for enabling the legitimate Libyan government to fight terrorism, restore stability, uproot terrorist organizations and enforce security," ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Ati said in a statement.
"There is no talk about seeking military intervention in Libya," he said.
The UN Security Council is set to hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Libya, which has descended into violence and chaos following the ouster of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Arab countries are expected to ask the world body to lift an arms embargo on weapons sales to Libya's internationally recognized government for its fight against militants.
"The draft resolution focuses on providing support for the legitimate Libyan government for fighting terrorism and enforcing law and order as well as tightening the ban on arms sales to Takfiri, extremist and radical groups," Abdel-Ati said.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday called for a UN Security Council resolution allowing international forces to intervene in Libya.
The call came two days after a video appeared online showing the decapitation of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, purportedly by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militant group.
On Monday, Egyptian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes against suspected ISIL targets in eastern Libya.
