{"id":83902,"date":"2020-07-17T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T07:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=83902"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T07:14:36","slug":"egyptian-president-vows-not-to-stand-idle-on-threats-to-egyptian-libyan-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=83902","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian president vows not to stand idle on threats to Egyptian, Libyan security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Egypt threatened to send in its army if GNA forces captured Sirte, located more than 800km from the Egyptian border<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAIRO, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi vowed that Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threats to the security of Egypt and Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisi made the remarks during his meeting with Libyan tribal leaders who arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the security situation in the war-torn country, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As soon as Egypt interferes in Libya, the military scene will be changed quickly and decisively,” Sisi was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the main objective of the Egyptian efforts at all levels for Libya is to support the free will of the Libyan people to achieve a better future for the country and future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tribesmen, who are allied to the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) led by commander Khalifa Hafter, “have authorized the president and Egyptian army to intervene in Libya to protect its sovereignty,” the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mandate came in line with the eastern-based Libya parliament’s request for Egypt to intervene in the Libyan conflict to counter what it called “a Turkish occupation.” Turkey has sided with the UN-backed Libyan government based in the capital Tripoli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in June, Sisi called for a ceasefire in Libya, citing that Egypt had received “direct threats from terrorist militias and mercenaries supported by foreign countries.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tensions have been recently escalating between the two warring parties in Libya, the LNA and the Government of National Accord in Tripoli led by Fayez al-Serraj, and between the countries backing each side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Ministry spokesperson criticised the statement as “blatant interference in Libyan internal affairs”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“El-Sisi’s talk is a repeat of his previous statements, which is a blatant interference in Libyan affairs,” Mohammed Al-Qablawi said, adding that el-Sisi’s speech was “not aimed at peace as he said, but it is he who is fueling the [Libyan] conflict.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libya, a major oil producer, has been mired in chaos since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2014, it has been split between rival factions based in Tripoli and in the east, in a sometimes-chaotic war that has drawn in outside powers and a flood of foreign arms and mercenaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia, while the GNA is backed by Turkey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haftar’s eastern-based self-styled Libyan National Army has been on the back foot after Turkish support helped the GNA turn back his 14-month assault on the capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the United Nations Security Council that the conflict in Libya has entered a new phase “with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels”. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt threatened to send in its army if GNA forces captured Sirte, located more than 800km from the Egyptian border CAIRO, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi vowed that Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threats to the security of Egypt and Libya. Sisi made the remarks during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":83904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83902"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}