Egypt reiterates need for foreign forces to leave Libya

Egypt is keen for all foreign forces to leave Libya as soon as possible. (Reuters/File Photo)
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Updated 16 November 2021
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Egypt reiterates need for foreign forces to leave Libya

CAIRO: Cairo will spare no effort in meeting the Libyan people’s aspiration for a secure and prosperous country free of any illegal foreign presence, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during a meeting with Musa Al-Koni, vice president of the Libyan Presidential Council.

Ahmed Hafez, spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, said Shoukry stressed Cairo’s full commitment to achieving stability and development in Libya.

Hafez added that Shoukry stressed the need to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on time next month, and for all foreign forces to leave Libya as soon as possible.

Al-Koni expressed his appreciation for Egypt’s role in supporting stability in Libya.


‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

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‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

  • The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there

GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there.
“Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“We need urgent action to preserve the peace agreement and prevent fragmentation and cycles of retaliation that could herald a return to all-out civil war,” he said.