Egyptian President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi confirmed to the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, on a phone call, Egypt’s full support for the political path to settling the Libyan crisis in all bilateral, regional, and international forums, and its keenness to strengthen close coordination with the Libyan side during the current period, according to the Egyptian Presidency.
The goal of this coordination is to ensure the unification of Libyan institutions in order to hold the elections on their scheduled date based on the laws approved by the House of Representatives (HoR), describing this as an important and landmark step for Libya’s transition to a new reality and a sustainable political system based on the will of the Libyan people by their free choice, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement.
Al-Sisi stressed Egypt’s full support for efforts to withdraw foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya, indicating that this comes within the framework of the Egyptian position’s constants towards achieving the higher interest of the Libyan state and ending all forms of foreign interference in it, the statement pointed out.
For his part, al-Menfi valued the tireless Egyptian efforts and sincere support for Libya since the outbreak of the crisis, especially in the field of unifying the army, transferring the Egyptian development experience to the country, and benefiting from the experience and capabilities of the Egyptian companies in this regard, it added.