Algeria announces ‘imminent’ summit with Libya and Tunisia

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Wednesday that a summit with Libya and Tunisia is “imminent” and will take place as part of the periodic consultative meetings between the three nations, Anadolu has reported. The announcement was made in a press statement released following Tebboune’s reception of the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi.

According to Algerian Radio, Al-Menfi has arrived in Algeria on an official visit of unspecified duration, as part of political consultations between the two countries.

“We are about to meet in Libya soon, within the framework of the Algeria-Tunisia-Libya trilateral consultations,” said Tebboune after meeting the Libyan official. “We are currently awaiting a date to be set by President Al-Menfi.”

The trilateral summit was first held in April in Tunisia. It serves as a consultative platform between the three neighbouring nations, focusing on “shared issues, particularly security, irregular migration and development in border areas.”

Al-Menfi confirmed the ongoing commitment to holding these summits regularly, either at the presidential level or through specialised committees. “We want our trilateral meetings to continue and to become a working approach,” he said, according to the same source.

Tebboune reaffirmed Algeria’s stance on the Libyan crisis. “Our position remains unchanged… there is no solution in Libya except through elections, and once the Libyan people make their decision, everyone will follow suit.”

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