Libya reaffirms its rejection of the Maghreb union without Morocco

Libya reiterates its commitment to the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A statement signed by the First Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council (recognized by the United Nations), Moussa Al-Kouni, in statements to Al Aoula Channel Evening News, at the end of his interviews, on Saturday 4 May in Banjul, The Gambia, with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita.

The official reaffirmed his country’s determination to “reactivate the Arab Maghreb Union”. A goal that requires “contacts and coordination between all parts” of the UMA. Since the tripartite summit on April 22 in Tunis initiated by Algeria, the Libyan Presidential Council has multiplied declarations reaffirming its commitment to the values ​​of the AMU, launched in February 1989 in Marrakesh.

Let us remind you that on April 23, the president of the CPL, Younes Al-Menfi, sent a written message about this to King Mohammed VI, and the next day to the first vice-president of the Government of National Unity (recognized by the international community), Hussein Atiya El Katrani, he met in Rabat with the Secretary General UMA, Tunisian Taïeb Baccouche, whose legitimacy is disputed by Algeria. On April 24, Al-Menfi also sent a written message with the same content to the President of Mauritania.

The talks between Nasser Bourita and Moussa Al-Kouni took place on the sidelines of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), organized in Banjul on May 4 and 5.