The head of the Libyan Presidency Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, whose country currently chairs the Arab Maghreb Union, called for the activation of the union and the return of its meetings again.
During his meeting with the Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed, the exiled stressed during his meeting with the Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed, that his country will do its utmost in cooperation with the brothers to activate the union and support its stalled institutions at various levels, and that it will soon send invitations to start the meeting of the Union.
On March 17th, Tunisian President Kais Saied called, during his visit to Libya, to reactivate the Arab Maghreb Union.
The Arab Maghreb Union was established in 1989 in Marrakesh, Morocco, and consists of 5 countries located in the western part of the Arab world, namely Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania.
Since its establishment, the Arab Maghreb Union has faced obstacles to activating its structures and achieving Maghreb unity, as no summit has been held at the level of union leaders since the 1994 summit hosted by Tunisia.
Message from the Mauritanian President
According to a statement issued by the Presidential Council, the exiled received a written letter from Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Sheikh Al-Ghazwani, in which he congratulated him on the occasion of winning the confidence of the Parliament, according to the statement.
For his part, Ould Cheikh Ahmed stressed, according to the statement, Mauritania's full support for the implementation of the outcomes of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, and its full support for the Presidential Council and the Government of National Unity in all common forums, Arab, Maghreb and Africa.
On March 16, the exiled and Prime Minister Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba assumed their duties to lead the country during a transitional phase that ends with general elections scheduled for December 24th.