Libya: France will reopen its embassy in Tripoli
Leaving the Elysee Palace (photo), the new president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al Manfi, thanked France at least five times for its support for the new transitional authorities.
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France will reopen its embassy in Tripoli on Monday March 29.
This is what Emmanuel Macron announced to the representatives of the new Libyan transitional government, which he received at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, March 23.
The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al Manfi, and Vice President Moussa al Koni welcomed Paris' support for the ongoing reconciliation and stabilization process in Libya.
France has offered to help the Libyan forces regain control of their borders.
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Leaving the Elysee Palace, the new president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al Manfi, thanked France at least five times for its support for the new transitional authorities.
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, insisted President Macron, that France owed Libya: “
We owe a debt to Libya and the Libyans, which is a decade of disorder.
It is an issue for your country for your people.
And this is a challenge for the whole region, because there will be no peace in the central and eastern Mediterranean, there will be no peace in the Sahel if we do not manage to have peace and stability in Libya.
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Foreign troops must leave Libya
Turkish or Russian foreign forces must leave Libya, the French president stressed.
Paris promised to help the new Libyan government to regain control of its borders, which welcomed the new Libyan vice-president Moussa al Koni: “
We had a long discussion with the president on the southern border which is also a crossing point for terrorist groups and illegal immigration.
And the need to work together to put an end to trafficking of all kinds.
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France should in particular finance the training and equipment of Libyan border guards.
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