Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt sign A Joint Declaration On Libya

Foreign Affairs Minister of Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt singed, on Monday, a joint declaration to support a comprehensive political settlement in Libya.

The Ministerial Meeting was held in Tunis, and was attended by the Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the African Union and the Arab League, Abdelkader Messahel, Tunisia Foreign Minister, Khamis Al Djahinawi, and the Egyptian FM, Sameh Shoukry, and culminated in an agreeing to support a comprehensive political settlement in Libya.

Tunis Ministerial Statement was signed to support a comprehensive political settlement in Libya, which will be realized with the participation of all the Libyan parties.

Tunis meeting announces on several points: Continuing efforts to achieve comprehensive reconciliation in Libya, without exclusion under the Libyan-Libyan dialogue with the assistance from the three countries under the auspices of the United Nations, and upholding the rule of the Libyan state and the unity of its territory, and the political solution as the only solution to the Libyan crisis, on the basis of the political agreement that was signed on December 17, 2015, and as it is a frame of reference, and to agree on proposals to support the accord proposals of the Libyan Parties, in order to reach a supplementary drafting and applicable amendments.

It explains the rejection of any military solution to the Libyan crisis and any external interference in the internal affairs of Libya, given that the settlement will not only be among the Libyans themselves, and to emphasize that dialogue will bring together all the Libyan parties, regardless their orientation or political affiliation.

It agreed to work to ensure the unity of Libyan civil state institutions, as it is stipulated in the political agreement; “Presidential Council, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Council of the State, including the preservation of the unity of the Libyan army”, according to the terms of the Libyan political agreement to do its national role in maintaining security and combating terrorism, and intercontinental crime and illegal immigration.

Three countries will continue their efforts at the ministerial level and coordination with the various Libyan political parties, to overcome the existing obstacles, and they will submit the results of the ministerial meeting to the Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, and Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a prelude for the tripartite summit in Algeria; as to make of Tunis Ministerial Declaration a ground to intensify and strengthen the dialogue between the Libyan parties, in the framework of a timetable to be agreed about it later, after the consultation with the concerned Libyan parties and the United Nations, as it is the official sponsor of the political agreement, and any new understandings concerning any amendments.

Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, work jointly and officially under the supervision of the United Nation General Secretary-General, the Arab League General Secretary, and African Union Commission Chairperson, as it is an official document at the three organizations that stems from the terms of the agreement, as this comes as an embodiment of the initiative that was announced by the President of Tunisia for a political solution through the comprehensive dialogue and national reconciliation in Libya.