The Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said that the deterioration of the situation in Libya is a main cause for the instability in the African Sahel region.
In an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, on Friday, Tebboune said the deterioration of the situation in neighboring Libya “has helped the transfer of heavy weapons into the African Sahel region.”
Last week, Tebboune stressed the need for “a high national spirit, in order to resolve the Libyan conflict and to set aside differences and personal interests.”
In televised statements, Tebboune said, “without a very high patriotic spirit, it is difficult to resolve the Libyan conflict.” He noted that Algeria went through a similar crisis in the 1990’s when it suffered from terrorism, but it “witnessed a prevailing national interest to cross the impasse.”