Algeria says ready to host Libyan mediation

Screen capture of an extract from the interview with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on France 24. France 24

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Algerian President voiced concerns over the situation in Libya, which he compared to Syria, in an interview this weekend on France 24. Abdelmadjid Tebboune said he was ready to host mediation , to which he asserts, many actors in the conflict are in favor.

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At the microphone of our colleagues from France 24, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune compared the situation in Libya with that of Syria , with multiple foreign interventions. According to him, the risk is that the Libyan tribes also take up arms, raising fears of a "  somalisation  " of the country. And he warns: the country could become a "  terrorist sanctuary  ".

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Algeria is therefore ready to host mediation between Libyans, he said, believing that Angela Merkel's efforts had failed and that many actors in the conflict were in favor of it. “  Come on, launched Abdelmadjid Tebboune, towards the final solution, which consists in consulting the population through its tribal or other organization; organize elections through transitional institutions if necessary. The current government is one, but it is outdated. So we have to take it back but in a much broader way, for all of Libya. And go to institutions, a National Assembly which will elect a president and two vice-presidents taking into account regional balances in Libya.  "

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