Egypt reopens Tripoli embassy as maritime dispute remains on agenda
Politics · First reported 7 Nov, 17:23 · Updated 17:37
Egypt reopened its embassy building in Tripoli during a visit by Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, who held talks on trade, energy and disputed maritime boundaries. The reopening follows years of reduced diplomatic presence, while Egypt’s objections to the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement remain under discussion.
- Egypt reopened its embassy building in Tripoli on Saturday; its diplomatic mission had resumed work in the city in May 2021.
- Abdelatty met Libya’s internationally recognised government’s prime minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and discussed trade, energy and Egypt’s objections to the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement.
- The shorter report described the reopening as a rapprochement with Libya’s western-based administration and said Egypt’s foreign ministry announced it.
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- Reopening
- Saturday, in Tripoli.
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- The embassy building closed in January 2014 after five staff were kidnapped.
- Mission resumed
- Egypt’s diplomatic mission resumed work in Tripoli in May 2021.
- Maritime agreement
- The Turkey-Libya agreement was signed in 2019; Libya’s eastern-based parliament ratified it on 20 October.
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