UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the permanent ceasefire agreement between warring sides in Libya as a “fundamental step toward peace and stability” in the North African country.

Iran says it is not going to sell weapons to any country that asks for it, and has its own conditions for arms sales now that the UN Security Council’s restrictions on Tehran’s arms trade are lifted.

Iran says US attempts to impose unilateral sanctions on the country breach international law.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani hails the lifting of the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic as the victory of the logic of law and truth over US bullying.

Iran hits out at Saudi Arabia for shedding “crocodile tears” on the lifting of the UN arms embargo on the Islamic Republic while its own purchases of US weapons has turned West Asia into a powder key.

Greece has called on several fellow European Union (EU) members to impose an arms embargo on Turkey amid a growing row between the two neighbors over energy resources in the East Mediterranean.

China says the removal of the UN arms embargo against Iran, which was clearly stipulated in Resolution 2231, should be “faithfully implemented.”

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei hails the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Iran as an “achievement,” saying it shows that the country adopted a “correct policy” when it chose to stay in the 2015 nuclear deal following the US pullout.

‘It is the US that peddles arms and ammunition everywhere, uses military trade to serve geopolitical interests, and even openly interferes in the internal affairs of other countries.’

The ending of the United Nations arms embargo is being hailed as a major step towards multilateral cooperation and away from US hegemony.