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Egypt's Sisi calls on West to support Libya to avoid new Syria, Iraq

CAIR ,- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to help the Libyan army in its fight against Islamist militants now to save the country from requiring intervention on the scale of Iraq and Syria.

 

Sisi said there was a danger to the region from conflict in Libya where two governments vie for legitimacy, one in Tripoli linked to Islamist militias, and an internationally-recognized government in the eastern city of Tobruk.

  

"When we deal with terrorism only in Iraq and Syria, Libya will begin to be an attractive region affecting the stability of... Libya and its neighbors. We will need the same measures happening in Iraq and Syria to be taken in Libya," Sisi said in an interview with France 24.

 

"The international community - Europe and the Americans - must help the Libyan national army regain its position and combat terrorism in Libya to restore security and stability."

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.20.14, 19:58