The Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) Deputy Head, Abdullah al-Lafi, said the issue of border demarcation between countries is not subject to unilateral action.
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Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, and chairman of High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri, have reached an agreement to resume talks in Cairo in the next few days to agree on a constitutional basis necessary for the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections, according to a report by Egyptian newspaper Youm 7.
Ankara is calling on Libya and Egypt to start dialogue and negotiations “as soon as possible” to resolve the differences between the two countries over the demarcation of maritime borders, reported Turkish state-owned broadcaster TRT World.
The Libyan Government of National Unity, led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, officially rejected Egypt’s unilateral decision to demarcate its western maritime borders, considering it as a violation of its territorial waters and the continental shelf of the Libyan state.
In a meeting on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah El-Sisi discussed the latest developments in Libya with President of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) Mohamed al-Menfi, according to the Egyptian Presidency.
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, discussed Thursday with Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, developments of the Libyan crisis, on the sidelines of the 2022 Mediterranean Dialogues , held in Rome.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met today with the U.N. Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, in Cairo where they discuss the Libyan political process, according to spokesman of Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid.
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi after the two leaders exchanged a handshake earlier this month at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Libyan Anti-illegal Migration Department deported Thursday more than 200 undocumented migrants to their countries of origin.
Greece and Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the fields of aeronautics and maritime search and rescue, according to Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias.