CAIRO – 10 February 2020: "President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi congratulated Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh on being elected as the new Libyan Prime Minister," Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a Wednesday statement. He also hailed Sisi and the Egyptian people for the efforts they exerted to support Libyan people during the current transitional period. On February 6, Libyan delegates at UN-facilitated talks made the surprise choice of Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah as transitional prime minister, along with a three-member presidency council, to govern the war-ravaged North African country until the December elections. Meetings of the Libyan political dialogue ran in Geneva from February 1-5 to decide on a prime minister and a three-member presidency council from a list of 45 candidates, under the auspices of the United Nations. The UN envoy hailed the meetings, saying they would pave the way for the national election on December 24, 2021.

Source: Libya Today February 10, 2021 13:18 UTC