Egypt’s role solving Libya’s political crisis is vital: FM Najla Al-Mangoush

CAIRO – 31 August 2021:  The Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangoush, said Tuesday that Cairo's role in solving the Libya's political crisis is vital and very important.

She added during the press conference, that the security of Egypt and Libya is joint.

Al-Mangoush affirmed that they are doing all efforts in order to hold Libya’s General election next December as announced.

Foreign ministers of Libya's neighboring countries, including Egypt, have stressed the need to maintain Libya’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity.

In the final statement of Libya’s neighbors conference, they reaffirmed, Tuesday their full rejection for all forms of foreign interference in Libya’s internal affairs.

The two-day conference was held in Algeria with the participation of the foreign ministers of Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Sudan and Niger as well as the Secretary General of the Arab League, the UN special envoy to Libya and the African Union Commissioner for security, peace and political affairs.

They also agreed on sticking to the conclusions of Berlin conferences, condemning the ongoing smuggling of weapons and sending mercenaries to armed organizations in the Arab country.

The ministers praised efforts exerted by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who received them, to reach a political solution for the crisis in Libya and restore peace, security and stability to the Arab country.

For his part, Tebboune urged the participants to keep exerting efforts and increasing coordination and cooperation to render the political process a success in Libya.

The ministers also underlined the need to coordinate between the 5+5 military committee and Libya’s neighbors on the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from the Arab country.