Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry received on Monday Abdullah Bataili, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Ahmed Abu Zeid, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Shoukry congratulated the Special Representative on his new post as he visits Egypt for the first time, expressing Egypt’s full support to his mission to restore stability in Libya. Shoukry stressed the centrality and neutrality of the UN, which enjoys the confidence of the parties inside Libya and in the international community. Minister Shoukry stressed that there is no room for the implementation of existing agreements and the commitment to legal and political entitlements, without specific mechanisms and timeframes for implementation, and the active follow-up by the international community to the parties responsible for implementation. He noted that he had been wishing to visit Egypt since taking office, but that due to his knowledge of the climate conference’s obligations and preoccupations, he was unable to complete the visit earlier.

Source: Libya Today November 29, 2022 09:33 UTC