By Libya Herald reporter.
Tripoli, 20 December 2015:
Kamal Al-Hassi, the finance minister in the Beida-based government of Abdullah Al-Thinni has had talks . . .[restrict]in Abu Dhabi with the UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. According to the UAE, the two reviewed cooperation between the Libya and the UAE in various fields and possibilities of extending it.
In an indication that the UAE is willing to help fund the cash-strapped Beida administration, the UAE Central Bank Governor Mubarak Rashed Khamis Al-Mansoori also attended the meeting.
The meeting indicates that the UAE continues to recognise the Thinni government, at least for the time beinjg, despite last Thursday’s signing of the UN-brokered Libyan Political Agreement which the UAE approves. Sheikh Mansour’s brother, the UAE’s foreign minister, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended last Sunday’s Rome conference giving full backing to the new national unity government to be led by Faiez Serraj. [/restrict]
