On Monday, Egypt’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Osama Abdel-Khalek affirmed Cairo’s keenness to push for stability, security, and peace in Libya.
In a statement, Abdel-Khalek stressed the need to “support the path chosen by Libyans without any external interference or dictates. He noted that Egypt is “keen to communicate with all Libyan parties without discrimination to help them reach appropriate compromises.”
He also pointed out that Egypt was seeking, “through its communication with the United Nations and member states of the Security Council, to emphasize the need to support intra-Libyan solutions, confront foreign interference in Libya, and end the presence of all foreign forces and mercenaries in the country.”
“Libya is our neighbour, and we share historical ties and have common interests at all levels. Therefore, Egypt is devoted to Libya’s stability and reconstruction, and consultations are underway to send Egyptian workers to Libya. Egypt’s and Libya’s national security are one and the same,” the diplomat stressed.
Cairo is coordinating with various international forces regarding the crisis in Libya, after more than a decade of chaos since the fall of Muammer Gaddafi in 2011. Libya had been struggling to hold elections, originally scheduled for 24 December 2021, before they were indefinitely postponed.
In June, Cairo hosted the third round of UN-mediated talks, bringing together lawmakers from Libya’s eastern-based Parliament, and the High Council of State (HCS), an advisory body based in Tripoli.
This was the latest bid to end the split between the eastern and western camps, over the constitutional and legislative framework for holding the long-awaited Presidential and Parliamentary elections.