The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have expressed their “support for the efforts of the United Nations to reach a political solution, hold elections and unify state institutions”, urging Libyan institutional subjects to “participate in political dialogue to resolve differences in order to preserve the supreme interests of the State”.
This is according to the final declaration of the ministerial meeting, held yesterday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the GCC in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Council of Ministers is made up of ministers from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman. Present at yesterday’s meeting were, among others, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and his colleagues from Egypt and Jordan, Sameh Shoukry and Aymen Safadi respectively.
“The Council reiterated its desire to preserve the interests of the Libyan people, to achieve security, stability and development in Libya, to guarantee its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and to stop interference in its internal affairs, to allow the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libyan territory,” the text reads.
The Gulf Council of Ministers “called on all parties in Libya to give priority to wisdom and reason and to adopt political dialogue to resolve differences so as to preserve the supreme interests of the Libyan State and realize the aspirations of its people to development and prosperity, underlining the position of the Council countries in support of the State of Libya and the political path”. Furthermore, the statement “noted” the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s decision to reopen its embassy in Tripoli.