An informed source told Arabi 21, that Cairo is insisting on hosting the next session of consultations on Libya’s constitutional basis for elections.
The source added that the Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia, Ihab Fahim called on the UN Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams to hold consultations between representatives of the Libyan Parliament and the High Council of State (HCS) in Cairo.
The source also revealed that a HCS member, Omar Bushah headed a delegation that travelled to Cairo on Wednesday, for a 3-day visit. This is to discuss an upcoming visit of HCS Head, Khalid Al-Mishri to Cairo. Bushah noted that there is no connection between the constitutional consultations, and this visit.
The source confirmed, quoting some of the attendees at the Tunisia meetings, that Williams stipulated that Fahim not interfere with any consultations taking place on its territory, should a meeting be held in Egypt.
Days ago, Member of the Libyan Parliament, Miloud Al-Aswad confirmed that “Washington adopts the vision of the outgoing caretaker Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba regarding its talk about the elections.” He noted that “Dbaiba knows the impossibility of holding elections under the current circumstances.”
In a statement to the Russian Sputnik news agency, Al-Aswad said that the UN adviser, Stephanie Williams is “leading the situation to a path that will not result in any positive results.” He added that the steps taken by Williams, “further obstruct and complicate the crisis.”
“The recent US moves towards Libya indicate Washington’s attempt to link the crisis to other issues, especially after talking about the ’10-year US strategy’, which the US Ambassador to Libya spoke about,” he claimed.
Al-Aswad concluded by explaining that “the return of different American interests in the Libyan issue could be related to the crisis in Ukraine. This means that Washington has some concerns related to the crisis there.”