Meeting of foreign ministers of his countries Arab League, which was supposed to take place on Sunday, January 22, in Tripoli, Libya, organized by the government of Abdulhamid Dbeiba and Foreign Minister Najla Al Mangus, took place, but with … absence.

Of the 22 Arab League member states, only five sent foreign ministers to the meeting in Tripoli. “Senior diplomats boycott Arab League meeting in Libya“, notes the Associated Press in the article, claiming that influential foreign ministers did not “come” to Tripoli to protest, because they believe that the term of office of the interim government of Abdulhamid Dbeiba has expired.

Among the countries not represented in Tripoli on Sunday by their foreign ministers, as well as lower ranking diplomats, was Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Recall that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri also left the meeting of the Arab League in September last year, questioning the authority of Libyan Foreign Minister Mangoush to represent the Libyan side.

Fathi Bashaga, who heads the rival and anti-Dbeib Libyan government based in eastern Libya, called Sunday’s meeting in Tripoli a “hoax” and hailed the stance of the countries that chose to boycott.

According to the AP