Egypt reopens embassy in Libya February 16, 2021 at 10:49 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Libya, News
(From L to R) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Libyan foreign minister in the government of national reconciliation, Mohamed Tahar Siala, and Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, chat during a meeting over the political and economical turmoil in Libya on 21 January 2017, in the capital Cairo. [STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images] February 16, 2021 at 10:49 am
A delegation of Egyptian officials arrived in Libya yesterday to open the country s embassy.
In a statement to
Anadolu Agency, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Al-Qablawi said the delegation of diplomats and security personnel will pay an official visit to Tripoli for a few days.
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The US has maintained a relatively passive approach to Libya under President Donald Trump, whose administration largely left the Libyan dossier to Egypt, several Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Europeans, and Russia. In 2021, however, America’s new leadership will probably try to assert US influence in the war-torn country more actively, argue CSS Lisa Watanabe and Giorgio Cafiero in this CSS Blog.
Image courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Brigitte Brantley/DVIDS.
President-elect Joe Biden and those in his inner circle have vowed to push back against Moscow in various ways, which means Libya could be a growing point of contention between the incoming US administration and Russia. In any event, the Libyan crisis offers Biden an opportunity to demonstrate to Washington’s traditional Western allies that his administration is determined to reassert US leadership in the world and stand against President Vladimir Putin’s designs for Libya and, by extension, in the Middle East and Africa t
Image courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Brigitte Brantley/DVIDS.
The US has maintained a relatively passive approach to Libya under President Donald Trump, whose administration largely left the Libyan dossier to Egypt, several Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Europeans, and Russia. In 2021, however, America’s new leadership will probably try to assert US influence in the war-torn country more actively.[i] President-elect Joe Biden and those in his inner circle have vowed to push back against Moscow in various ways, which means Libya could be a growing point of contention between the incoming US administration and Russia. In any event, the Libyan crisis offers Biden an opportunity to demonstrate to Washington’s traditional Western allies that his administration is determined to reassert US leadership in the world and stand against President Vladimir Putin’s designs for Libya and, by extension, in the Middle East and Africa too. It is unclear, however, whether Biden’s plans for countering Mosco
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Taha Siala announced on Wednesday that his country has asked Russia for help evacuating foreign fighters from the country. Siala s statement came during a joint pr.
Peace in Libya on the Horizon?
The Libyan and Russian Foreign Ministers held talks on Wednesday in Moscow as they encouraged the two rival governments in Libya who signed a permanent cease-fire in October, to end the country s years-long conflict.
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, expressed his position. Now we should strongly encourage the two sides to enter into dialogue, and to counteract attempts of the aggressive rhetoric, and especially of the threats of restarting military action.
Mohamed Mohamed Taha Siala, the Libyan Foreign Minister, also had some meaningful words towards peace. I respect the work undertaken by the former representative of Libya s General Secretary and UN envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame, and I respect the work of the temporary representative carrying out this function, Stephanie Williams, but we should assume that they, as Libyan people do, have to face the split in the United Nations Security Council.