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Libya in lockdown

Indication of his diplomatic isolation Tripoli government even among them Arab states is the failure to hold a preparatory meeting Arab League foreign ministers in the Libyan capital. Of the 22 Arab League countries, 15 were not present, as was the prime minister. organization Ahmed Abul Gheit.

The “sabotage” of an event hosted by Tripoli Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangus last Sunday is, according to experienced observers, a clear manifestation of the dissatisfaction of all major Arab countries with the policy of the government of national unity, which is dictated by the interests of third parties, especially its Turkey and from Muslim Brotherhood.

The presence of minimal delegations (Algeria, Tunisia, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority, Oman, Sudan, the Comoros and representatives of the UN and the African Union) in Libya forced the Libyan Foreign Ministry to change even the description of the event, renaming it “Introduction meeting”. In fact, the Arab countries present did not even send their foreign ministers.

An attempt to hold a preparatory meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Tripoli failed.

The diplomatic elephant in the room for Tripoli is Egypt, as the next scheduled meeting of the Arab League will be in Cairo, where there was little intention of holding a “preparatory” meeting for this purpose under the auspices of a government that has long gone beyond its mandate.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) also actively cooperated with Egypt. The diplomatic failure of the Dbeiba government also coincides with the presence in Cairo of CIA Director William Burns, who was received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and met with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Camel.

It is recalled that Mr. Burns was also in Libya in the previous period, where he had contacts both in Tripoli and in the west of Libya and with Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Mr. Burns’ trip also sparked a stir in Ankara, where the Turkish head of MIT was also actively trying to figure out exactly what Washington wants in Libya and how that affects Turkey’s interests.

Meanwhile, yesterday the Russian embassy in Athens, via its Twitter account, brought back some points from a recent interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who, among other things, said that the inclusion of Greece “in the group of anti-Russian leaders was strange and reflected an imposed line aggressive opposition, not the interests of the Greeks. Mr. Lavrov was in South Africa yesterday, where Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias also arrived yesterday evening. Today, Mr. Dendias will meet his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandora, in Pretoria before traveling to Johannesburg to visit the SAHETI Greek School in the presence of the Venerable Metropolitan of Ioannina and Pretoria, Mr. Damaskinos.

Author: Vasilis Nedos

Source: Kathimerini

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