Egypt's Sisi calls on international community to act on Libya (press conference in Cairo with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi)

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that the international community must assume its "moral and security" commitments" towards next-door Libya, which has lately seen a sharp rise in militant infighting.
"There should be a serious approach to meet the reality of events on the ground in Libya," al-Sisi said during a press conference in Cairo with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
He said Egypt has tightened border security measures to prevent cross-border smuggling since the late 2011 ouster of late Libyan strongman Muamar Gaddafi.

He went on to call for an end to militant fighting in Libya and urged international actors to "begin working on a global anti-terrorism strategy in the region."

• Renzi, for his part, said that Egypt and Italy – Libya's former colonizer - would be most affected by Libya's instability, going on to call on the United Nations to send a special envoy to Libya.

In the past few months, Libya has been plagued by heavy fighting between a loosely organized army and militias that clung to their weapons following a bloody uprising that ended Gaddafi's autocracy in 2011.
Libyan capital Tripoli has also been the scene of fierce clashes between warring militias over control of several vital facilities in the city.
The country's second largest city Benghazi has also turned into a battlefield between army units loyal to Haftar and Islamist Ansar Al-Sharia militia.
 http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/367776--egypts-sisi-calls-on-intl-community-to-act-on-libya
2/8/14
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Related:

• Oil depot catches fire as Libya battles rage. (Rocket strikes main fuel depot in Libyan capital)

• Greece sends ships to Libya evacuate embassy, foreign nationals (31/7/14)

• Islamists storm Benghazi base as chaos grips Libya (Special Forces had to abandon their main camp)

• Islamists declare ‘Islamic emirate’ in east Libya...

• Paris évacue des ressortissants français et britanniques de Libye...

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• Tripoli fire rages. (ENI were to send seven fire-fighting planes)

• Λιβύη: Δεξαμενές Καυσίμων Φλέγονται Κοντά στο Αεροδρόμιο της Τρίπολης

• Second oil depot catches fire in Tripoli (government)

• UN pulls staff out of Libya for security concerns

 

 ATHENS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Greek warship carrying 187 people, including 79 Chinese nationals, from violence-wracked Libya reached the Greek port of Piraeus on Saturday.

The "Salamis" frigate sailed off Libya's capital of Tripoli on Thursday to evacuate Greek diplomats and citizens living in Libya, as well as foreign nationals upon request by foreign governments.
According to Greece's Defence Ministry, among the evacuees, there were also 77 Greeks, 12 Cypriots, 10 British, seven Belgians, a Russian and an Albanian.

The evacuees were warmly welcomed at Piraeus by Greek officials, Chinese ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli and Chinese Embassy staff members, as well as representatives of the embassies of other countries concerned.

Zou expressed China's gratitude to the Greek government and the crew for the assistance to evacuating the Chinese nationals from Libya.

Three years ago, China evacuated 35,000 Chinese from the North African country, with 13,000 ferried via the Greek island of Crete.

Clashes in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi between rival militias have left at least 214 people dead and 981 others wounded since July 13. 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/02/c_133527045.htm 2/8/14
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• Ο Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος διαβίβασε μέσω του Α/ΓΕΝ Αντιναύαρχου Ευάγγελου Αποστολάκη ΠΝ, τα συγχαρητήριά του στα στελέχη του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού που συμμετείχαν στην επιχείρηση «ΑΓΗΝΩΡ», με την οποία απομακρύνθηκαν ασφαλώς Έλληνες και ξένοι υπήκοοι από τη Λιβύη.

Αναλυτικά το μήνυμα του Υπουργού Εθνικής Άμυνας:

«Εκφράζω την απόλυτη ικανοποίηση μου για την άμεση ετοιμότητα και τον άριστο σχεδιασμό και εκτέλεση της επιχείρησης «ΑΓΗΝΩΡ», με την οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε η ασφαλής απομάκρυνση του προσωπικού της ελληνικής Πρεσβείας, Ελλήνων πολιτών και ξένων υπηκόων από τη Λιβύη.

Η ολοκλήρωση της αποστολής προβάλει τις Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις στο κοινωνικό σύνολο και επιβεβαιώνει τον ενεργό ρόλο της χώρας μας στην ευρύτερη περιοχή.

Διαβιβάσατε τα συγχαρητήρια μου σε όλα τα στελέχη του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού που συμμετείχαν στην επιχείρηση».

 

 http://www.mod.mil.gr/mod/el/content/show/36/A56253

1/8/14