Chairman of the Egyptian National Committee of Libyan Affairs calls to exploit current positive atmosphere to solve Libyan crisis

CAIRO - 9 February 2020: The head of the Egyptian National Committee for Libyan Affairs delivered a speech, Tuesday, during the third meetings of the Libyan Constitutional Track, in which he stressed the importance of exploiting the positive atmosphere that the Libyan crisis is currently experiencing to choose a new executive body and a Council of Ministers, and implement the outputs of the Military Committee 5 + 5.

The third meetings of the Libyan Constitutional Track began runs from February 9-11 in Hurghada, in the presence of delegations of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Council of State under the auspices of the United Nations. The meetings are chaired by Emad al-Sayeh, chairman of Libya's High National Election Commission, and aims to discuss ways to conduct the referendum on the Libyan constitution. 

It is worth mentioning that the recently-appointed UN Special Envoy to Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Jan Kubis, delivered a speech in his first official appearance after assuming the position, succeeding Stephanie Williams, in which he thanked the Egyptian government for its support for political solutions and for hosting the constitutional process.

Kubis pointed out the importance of this meeting as it directly affects the citizen through the Libyans' agreement on the form of the referendum they want.

Egypt is adopting a strategy of opening up to all Libyan parties supporting a political solution, as part of its support for efforts to defuse the crisis in the country.

Egypt earlier announced an initiative, dubbed the Cairo Declaration, which posits a Libyan-Libyan resolution as a basis for resolving the country’s conflict, drawing on earlier international efforts, including the Berlin conference.

On September 22, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi addressed several ongoing topics in the speech he gave at the United Nations’ 75th General Assembly, which was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.

President Sisi said that his country is committed to a political solution for the current crisis in Libya based on the Skhirat agreement, the Berlin conference, and the Cairo Declaration, which set a schedule for establishing a consensual government.