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Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments as a protest against her representing Libya at the pan-Arab summit. Egypt supports her administration’s rival.
Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments as a protest against her representing Libya at the pan-Arab summit. Egypt supports her administration’s rival.
As Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based administration was addressing a meeting for the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, the seat of Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shukry was found vacant. He left the meeting room in the Arab League headquarters when Mangoush took her seat to chair the meeting.
Egypt has argued the mandate of the Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah has ended after Libya’s east-based parliament appointed a rival premiere earlier this year. Libya’s current political stalemate grew out of the failure to hold elections in December. However, Dbeibah has refused to step down as the head of the transitional government.
The country’s east-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, Fathy Bashagh. He has sought to install his government in Tripoli. Earlier this month, the parliament that appointed him cancelled its session after it said members were prevented from leaving the capital, Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals. The divisions have contributed to fresh fighting in the war-torn country.
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Deadly clashes between militias backed by its two rival administrations killed 23 people last month in Libya’s capital. The oil-rich nation is in the grip of severe chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed long-time autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
