Ali Zeidan's government, weakened by political infighting and fragile state security forces, is struggling to impose law and order.

The Greek Defense Ministry has pledged to overhaul arms procurement procedures to make them more transparent.

Nearly 700 people have been killed in nine days of fierce clashes between an al Qaeda affiliate and other Islamist and rebel groups.

It took three rounds of meetings with technical experts to hammer out the details of implementing the deal, Catherine Ashton said.