The US Embassy in Libya comments on the unification of the Central Bank: an important step towards reconciliation... hours after an Egyptian welcomed the joint statement on national ownership of any political track

- Europe and Arabs
- Monday , 21 August 2023 13:28 PM GMT
Benghazi - Cairo: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies
The US Embassy in Libya welcomed the unification of the Libyan Central Bank. This came hours after Egypt welcomed the joint Libyan statement on national ownership of any political track
And the US embassy in Libya stated - in a statement reported by the American "Al-Hurra" channel on Sunday evening, that the unification of the Central Bank is an important step towards reconciliation, as well as preparation for holding elections. According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency this morning
The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Al-Siddiq Omar Al-Kabir, had said, earlier, that the bank had returned as a unified sovereign institution.
This came after the Arab Republic of Egypt, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, Sunday, welcomed the joint statement issued in the city of Benghazi on Saturday by Dr. "Mohamed Al-Manfi", President of the Libyan Presidential Council, and Counselor "Aqila Saleh", Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Field Marshal ". Khalifa Haftar, Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces.
Egypt appreciated the statement’s emphasis on national ownership of any Libyan political track and national dialogue, as well as the House of Representatives exercising its powers to take all measures to ensure the adoption of electoral laws referred to it by the 6 + 6 committee after completing its work, in addition to the invitation of the head of the United Nations mission. Support in Libya not to take any unilateral steps in connection with the political track, in addition to the importance of inviting the President of the Presidential Council to a meeting that includes the Presidency of the House of Representatives and the State Council for consultations with the aim of completing the national political track, in order to achieve the largest number of consensuses for the purpose of implementing electoral laws.
Egypt renewed its full support for the Libyan state institutions as they carry out their tasks in order to fulfill all the necessary frameworks for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya as soon as possible. On the stability and sovereignty of Libya and the realization of the aspirations of its brotherly people

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