Today, Saturday, the three neighboring countries of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria, called on all Libyan parties to “immediate” to escalate, and hold simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections.
This came in a joint statement of the three countries, which was reported by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry after a tripartite meeting in Cairo on Libya, which included Egypt’s foreign ministers, Badr Abdel Ati, Tunisia Mohamed Ali Al -Tutti, and Algeria, Ahmed Atf, within the framework of the triple neighborhood mechanism.
The statement stated that “the foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria held a meeting In Cairo Within the framework of the resumption of the three -year -old neighborhoods mechanism to discuss the developments of the situation in Libya and push towards the desired political solution in Libya.
“Immediate stop”
He pointed out that “in light of the dangerous developments taking place in Libya and developments in the security situation in the capital, Tripoli, the ministers renewed the call to all Libyan parties to the maximum levels of restraint and the immediate stopping of escalation, in a way that guarantees the safety of the brotherly Libyan people.”
In the same joint statement, the ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria stressed “the importance of moving forward with the political process in Libya towards uniting institutions and holding parliamentary and presidential elections in conjunction.”
It should be noted that the tripartite mechanism between Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia was launched in 2017 and stopped in 2019, and the meeting in Cairo comes within the framework of reactivating this joint mechanism, based on the keenness of the three countries to support security and stability in Libya, according to a second statement of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
The meeting came about two weeks after security tensions in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, represented in armed clashes between the forces of the national unity government and armed formations, in addition to political tensions represented in demonstrations and protests against the government of national unity and others in support of them.