The President of the European Council expressed the European Union’s support for the new Libyan government, which has recently taken office in an effort to end a decade of chaos. Charles Michel, who visited Tripoli today.
“We will work with the new government and support it,” Charles Michel pledged after talks with Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dibeba. “The EU actively supports the process of national reconciliation,” he said. “The economic recovery, the elections, the fight against illegal immigration (…) are areas in which the EU can help Libya,” he said.
The president of the European Council also announced the return of the EU ambassadors to Tripoli in the coming weeks.
The French embassy in Tripoli has just reopened and the diplomatic missions of other European countries will reopen in the coming days.
Migration remains a “major issue” for the EU’s relations with Libya, Michel said, adding that the country is a major transit point for tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, trying to reach by sea. on the Italian coast.
Michelle announced that Brussels will donate 50,000 doses of vaccine to Covid-19 in Libya, which earlier today received its first vaccine, 100,000 doses of Russian Sputnik V.
Finally, the president of the Council demanded that “all mercenaries and foreign soldiers” leave the country quickly. According to the UN, about 20,000 foreign fighters were still in Libya in December, and calls for their immediate withdrawal are multiplying. Today, Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangous reiterated her call.
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