Algeria to keep Libya border closed until a peace agreement is reached

Algeria has postponed opening the three land crossings with Libya due to what has been called “the absence of central government capable of controlling borders”, a diplomat said yesterday.

A source from the Algerian Foreign Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Algeria welcomed Libyan politicians and tribal leaders days ago, informing them that borders will not reopen until Libyan parties reach a consensus on the land border situation, or a peace agreement that ends the division in the country.

“Algeria raised, with influential political and tribal personals who visited Libya this month to discuss borders and humanitarian crisis in southern Libya, the idea of consensus between Libyan parties about crossings, but they didn’t agree on this matter,” the source continued.