Al-Mishri slammed the GNU after Israeli media reported al-Mangoush met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Rome last week – the first known talks between foreign ministers of the two countries. “The GNU has gone beyond all forbidden lines and it has become a duty to bring it down,” al-Mishri said in a statement. He pointed to information indicating there have been previous meetings between Libyan officials in this government and visits to occupied territories. The GNU, headed by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, has not commented publicly on the reported meeting with Israel. But it was confirmed by multiple Israeli officials.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Libyan Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush (Photo: Israeli Foreign Ministry)Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush in Rome last week, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed on Sunday. During this first meeting, Cohen and El Mangoush examined the possibilities for cooperation and relationship between the two countries, as well as preserving the heritage of Libyan Jewry. “The historic meeting with the Foreign Minister of Libya, Najla El Mangoush, is the first step in the relationship between Israel and Libya,” Cohen said. El Mangoush, the first woman to serve as Libya's foreign minister, represents the internationally recognized government of Libya. The Libyan foreign ministry did not comment on the meeting.

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Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen held a meeting with his Libyan counterpart in Italy last week, although the two countries do not have diplomatic relations, a statement from the Israeli foreign ministry said on Sunday. The meeting between Mr Cohen and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush was reportedly organised by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. No formal diplomatic agreement has been made between Libya and Israel throughout the history of both countries. Ms Mangoush belongs to Libya's Tripoli government, which is led by Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibeh, known for his closeness with Italy. Libya might also face a crisis with its neighbouring countries of Tunisia and Algeria, whose foreign policies reject any kind of normalisation or formal relations with Israel.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his Libyan counterpart, Najla Mangoush, last week in Italy, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday, marking the first-ever official meeting between the countries’ top diplomats. The two met to discuss the possibility of cooperation and the preservation of Jewish heritage sites in Libya. “The size and strategic location of Libya provides enormous importance and enormous potential for the State of Israel to establish ties with it,” he added. While Israel and Libya have never had ties, there have long been reported contacts between Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and Israeli officials. In response to news of the meeting, Libyan presidential candidate Suleiman al-Bayoudi, who is running for the post in the UN-backed government, harshly critized the encounter.

Share Comment on this story CommentJERUSALEM — The Israeli and Libyan foreign ministers met secretly in Italy last week, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, in what it said was the first-ever meeting between the country’s top diplomats. Choose your plan ArrowRight The meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Najla Mangoush, foreign minister of the Tripoli-based government, marked a small breakthrough for Israel’s government, whose hard-line policies toward the Palestinians have led to a cooling of its burgeoning ties with the Arab world. “I spoke with the foreign minister about the great potential for relations between the two countries,” Cohen said in a statement. He said the meeting was hosted by Italy’s foreign minister in Rome. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said talks also touched on possible Israeli assistance for humanitarian issues, agriculture and water management.

Photo Credit: Israel Ministry of Foreign AffairsIsrael’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush held talks last week in an historic first-ever meeting between foreign ministers from the two nations. Advertisement“The historic meeting with the Foreign Minister of Libya, Najla Mangoush, is the first step in the relationship between Israel and Libya,” Cohen noted Sunday in a statement to journalists. The first woman to serve as foreign minister, Mangoush began her political career in Libya following the ouster of President Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. She has served as Foreign Minister in the Tripoli government under the leadership of Prime Minister Alhamid Dabiba since the establishment of the consensus government in March 2021. Many Libyan Jews immigrated to Israel starting in the 1930s and in the first years after the establishment of the state.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush last week in Italy, the Foreign Ministry announces, marking the first-ever official meeting between the countries’ top diplomats. The two met to discuss the possibility of cooperation and the preservation of Jewish heritage sites in Libya. Cohen calls the meeting “historic” and a “first step” in the creation of ties between the countries. The country split in the chaos that followed, with rival administrations in the east and west backed by rogue militias and foreign governments. While Israel and Libya have never had ties, there have long been reported contacts between Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and Israeli officials.

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Following revelations by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen that he met with his Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush last week in Italy, Libyan presidential candidate Suleiman al-Bayoudi calls to exclude the current internationally recognized prime minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh from the upcoming elections. In a post on his Facebook account, al-Bayoudi accuses al-Dbeibeh, leader of a unity government, of promoting normalization with Israel to curry American favor, and says that he has “nothing but Israel’s card to throw in the face of his opponents, after playing all his other cards to continue to remain in power… Israel is the last straw he’s grasping before he drowns.”“Relations with Israel can only be established after a national consensus has been reached within the framework of elected institutions, and with considerations to all relevant aspects, including the question of Libyan Jews,” he adds. The meeting between the two top diplomats in Rome, which took place under the auspices of Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, was, according to presidential rival al-Bayoudi, “the confirmation that Dbeibeh intends to keep ruling without running for office.”Al-Bayoudi calls for al-Dbeibeh’s final exclusion from the elections, for which no date has been set yet but may take place by the end of this year, according to the UN Libya envoy. Khaled al-Mishri, a former head of Libya’s High State Council affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, also expresses his condemnation of the top-level meeting between Libya and Israel, suggesting that it is probably not the first one, and saying that the “Dbeibeh government has crossed all red lines and must be overthrown,” according to the news website al-Anwan al-Libiya. Meanwhile, Raphael Faelino Luzon, chairman of the Union of Libyan Jews, writes on his Facebook profile in Arabic that “a lot of work took place behind the scenes to reach this agreement,” sparking speculations among the Libyan press that he may have played a role in organizing the meeting.

The President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to visit Libya soon within the framework of the role played by the African Union in supporting the political process in Libya, according to a statement by the Libyan Presidential Council on Sunday. Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council Moussa Koni met with Sassou Nguesso on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, and “discussed the process of working on national reconciliation, the mechanisms for achieving the stability that Libya needs, and its repercussions for the region and the entire continent.”“The Congolese president made it clear to Koni that there are arrangements for his upcoming visit to Libya within the framework of the role played by the African Union in this regard,” as per the council’s statement.

The latest report by the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EEC) revealed that Egyptian engineering exports were up by 10 percent during the first 7 months of 2023, reaching $2.492 billion between January and July compared to the $2.271 billion recorded during the same period last year. In July 2023, engineering exports hit $331 million, up by 14 percent compared to $290 million recorded in July 2022. The council revealed that the European countries that increased imports of Egyptian engineering exports were Turkey, France, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Asian and ME countries that upped imports were Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, and Oman, while exports to Brazil also grew. African countries that raised imports of Egyptian engineering exports were Algeria, Libya, Sudan Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Mauritius.

CAIRO – 27 August 2023: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Sunday a phone call from his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani to learn about Egypt's assessment of events in Niger and ways to resolve the issue in diplomatic ways that would preserve security and stability in the country and the region. Similarly, Minister Shokry presented Egypt's vision on political and security developments in Libya, and on options to push forward Libyan solutions that would ensure holding parliamentary and presidential elections in the nearest future. In that context, the two minister agreed on continuing consultations in the coming period, and on holding a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) taking place in New York next September. Shokry and Tajani also discussed bolstering economic cooperation, and Italian investments in Egypt leveraging the large capabilities of both countries. They equally conferred over common challenges in the Mediterranean, mainly illegal migration.

Libya intends to activate strategic and economic cooperation with China, in the light of the North African country’s possible accession to the New Silk Road or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), said Deputy Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council Moussa Koni, on Sunday. Koni made his remarks during a meeting with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the special session on Afro-Chinese cooperation in the framework of the BRICS summit held in South Africa. According to Koni, the return of Chinese companies to Libya would send “a strong and reassuring message to all international businesses on achieving stability in Libya”. The deputy chairman then stressed to the Chinese president that reconstruction projects in Libya “need Chinese expertise” and that the Chinese model of economic progress “should be emulated”.