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Egypt’s Sisi meets Libyan tribesmen after eastern call to intervene

Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met mainly eastern Libyan tribesmen

November 12, 2020
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met mainly eastern Libyan tribesmen in a show of solidarity on Thursday, days after Libya’s eastern-based parliament urged Cairo to intervene in their country’s civil war.

The meeting reflects the growing regional stakes in Libya, divided since 2014 between areas held by an internationally recognised government in Tripoli, backed by Turkey, and a rival eastern administration, backed by the UAE, Russia and Egypt.

On Tuesday, the eastern-based parliament allied to commander Haftar Khalifa called for Egypt to help counter Turkish support for Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli.

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Turkey has helped the Tripoli administration force Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) to abandon an offensive on Tripoli.

Any major escalation could risk igniting a direct conflict in Libya among the foreign powers that have already poured in weapons and fighters in violation of an arms embargo.

In response to Turkish actions, Sisi last month warned that Egypt’s army might enter Libya if the Tripoli government and its Turkish allies renewed an assault on Sirte, a central coastal city seen as the gateway to Libya’s main oil export terminals.

Libyan tribal leaders flew on Wednesday to Cairo from the eastern city of Benghazi, the main LNA base, for a meeting with Sisi entitled “Egypt and Libya, one people, one fate”. Haftar enjoys the backing of tribes mainly from east but also former LNA strongholds like Tarhouna in western Libya.

On the flight some tribesmen were chanting “Sisi” and “Haftar”, a video posted online showed.

Sisi said at the meeting Egypt’s main goal in Libya was to “activate the free will of the Libyan people”, a presidency statement said. It also published pictures showing Sisi sitting next to tribal leaders, all wearing masks against coronavirus.

In June Sisi said Egypt could act militarily in Egypt either if the House of Representatives requested this, or simply based on the U.N. charter of a right of self-defence.

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