By Libya Herald staff.
David Satterfield meeting in Cairo with Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (Photo: Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Cairo, 11 . . .[restrict]June 2014:
Senior US diplomat David Satterfield met in Cairo yesterday with Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy to discuss the current political and security situation in Libya and how they along with regional governments and other players can cooperate to support Libya during the present phase in its democratic transition.
In a statement, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Fahmy had expressed his country’s “grave concern at the escalation of violence and extremism and the need to combat terrorism” in Libya, mentioning also the proliferation of arms in the country.
Both Fahmy and Satterfield expressed the need for regional envoys, the United Nations, the European Union and other representatives of key government to agree on a set of principles for Libya that enables the central government to take control and fight terrorism, and that leads to the renunciation of violence, reconciliation talks and the sharing of wealth and power.
Fahmy shared the results of his recent meeting in Algeria with Libya’s neighbours all of which, he said, were concerned about border control and the possibility of violence and instability in Libya spreading elsewhere.
Fahmy also stressed to Satterfield the need for the international community to coordinate with Libya’s neighbours in their efforts to bring stability to the region. He emphasised that they were being directly affected by what was happening in Libya s.
Satterfield’s official role is Director-General of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), directing the international monitoring force in the Sinai Peninsula. [/restrict]
