A solution for the Libyan crisis must be reached through cooperation from all major parties, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday, also stressing that Egypt is playing an important role in facilitating such cooperation.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received on Monday Director of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns, in the presence of Major General Abbas Kamel, Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence.
The Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, met yesterday in Cairo with the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, Italian news agency Nova reports.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have renewed their support for an intra-Libyan solution under the auspices of the United Nations during a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Riyadh.
The head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, could have a meeting with Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, during his ongoing visit to Cairo, Italian news agency Nova reports citing unnamed Egyptian sources.
The Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) Deputy Head, Abdullah al-Lafi, said the issue of border demarcation between countries is not subject to unilateral action.
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.