Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha commended on Monday Morocco’s contributions to his country’s stability, stressing the importance of the UN-brokered agreement inked by Libya’s warring factions in the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat in 2015. This agreement remains the ideal framework to achieve national reconciliation, he said at a press briefing held in Rabat following talks with Morocco’s minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita. His talks with Moroccan top diplomat covered security issues, the fight against organized crime, terrorism and illegal emigration. The Moroccan minister also said that Libya needs stability and strong security institutions to address the spread of armed and terrorist groups in some parts of the country. The UN plan to stabilize Libya calls for organizing a Libyan national conference that would discuss the creation of reliable and transparent political institutions, redistribution of oil revenues, unification of financial institutions, and restructuring and unification of the Libyan national army.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2019 14:37 UTC