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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday there is cooperation with the European Union regarding tensions within the Mediterranean region and in Libya.
During a press conference with his Spanish counterpart Arancha González Laya, Shoukry said that countries that interfere in Libya are doing so to achieve their expansionary policies.
These countries have no direct interests to justify their intervention, he noted.
Laya said the discussions with Shoukry revolved around the fight against terrorism and human trafficking, and said there was an agreement between Egypt and Spain on these issues.
“We talk about the tension in the eastern Mediterranean region, which cannot be resolved through unilateral measures, but through negotiation, and we discuss cooperation with Egypt in the fight against terrorism,” he explained.
“We also talked about the relations between the European Union and Egypt, and we support a political solution to the Libyan crisis, and we celebrate the normalization of relations between neighboring countries and Israel.”
Last January, the Turkish government announced the dispatch of forces to Libya to support the forces of the Fayez al-Sarraj government against the forces of Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Cairo has repeatedly criticized the move.
Since June 30, 2013, relations between Egypt and Turkey, which at the time had supported the late Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi, have remained strained amid mutual disagreements between the leaders of the two countries.
Tensions escalated after Turkey’s overt intervention in Libya in favor of the Government of National Accord against General Khalifa Haftar’s forces, until the recent announcement of a ceasefire.
Edited translation by Al-Masry Al-Youm
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