The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that Cairo and Riyadh affirmed solidarity and mutual support in facing challenges and what threatens their security and stability, pointing out that the two countries expressed their rejection of foreign interference in Libya.

A statement published by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on its official page on Facebook, that this position was confirmed during the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud’s call to his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri.

Ahmed Hafez, spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, stressed that the two ministers stressed during the call that the great challenges facing the region require more coordination, especially in facing the threats resulting from foreign presence and interference in the affairs of a number of sister Arab countries.

Hafez added that the two sides stressed the importance of reaching a comprehensive settlement to the Libyan crisis, preserving the unity of the country and paving the way for the return of security and stability. Cairo and within the framework of the goals agreed upon in the framework of the Berlin process.

Yesterday, Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that "Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan national security," after the Libyan parliament, which is allied with the military leader, Khalifa Haftar, called this week for military intervention in the civil war.

Sisi added - in a meeting with the sheikhs of some Libyan tribes in Cairo - that Egypt would not stand idly by if its red lines were crossed, in reference to the preparations of the internationally recognized government of reconciliation to restore the city of Sirte.

Al-Sisi reiterated his country's readiness to "host and train members of the Libyan tribes to build a Libyan national army," considering that the state of political division in Libya will not lead to a solution to the crisis.

On the other hand, the Libyan authorities condemned the Egyptian President's threats to intervene in Libya, confirming her refusal to meet with Cairo, which brought Sisi together with figures she said represented Libyan tribes.

The head of the Supreme Council of State in Libya, Khaled al-Mashri, explained that the threats of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi do not mean anything to the Libyans.

Al-Mashri added - in a tweet on Twitter - that referring to what he described as a group of clients who represent only themselves as representatives of the Libyan people, shows the level of failure in Egyptian politics, as he put it.

Al-Sisi's threats mean nothing to the Libyans, and relying on a group of agents who represent only themselves as representatives of the Libyan people shows the level of failure in Egyptian politics, proceeding with our goal to build a democratic and sovereign state.

- Khaled Al-Mashri (@KhaledMeshri) July 16, 2020

In a related context, Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Al-Wefaq forces located in the Sirte ocean received reinforcements from several regions in Libya, in an indication of their imminent intrusion into the strategic city that Haftar forces had captured at the beginning of this year.

There are reports of Wagner company gunmen withdrawing from the city towards the oil ports, at a time when field commanders in the Al-Wefaq government forces confirm that they are awaiting orders to start the process of recovering Sirte and Al-Jafra base.

Libyan parties criticize Sisi’s use of tribal cards in the Libyan conflict to support his strategic ally, the revolutionary general, Khalifa Haftar, in exchange for pitting the internationally recognized legal government in the country.

The militia of Haftar, with the support of Egypt, the Emirates, France and Russia, launched an aggression against Tripoli on April 4, 2019, killing and injuring civilians, along with extensive destruction, before the National Accord Forces achieved victories and liberated the entire administrative borders of the capital and the cities of Tarhuna, Bani Walid and cities The West Coast, as well as the Al-Wattia Air Force Base, and the towns of West Mountain.