While Algeria and Tunisia have just made it seem like Libya was joining their "project" to (re)launch the UMA without Morocco and Mauritania, the Libyan Presidential Council is dotting the "i's."
On Tuesday, April 23, in Rabat, the Libyan envoy met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, to whom he delivered a written message from the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younes El Menfi, to His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
One can guess the content of the message from the press statement given by the Ambassador, the Chargé d'Affaires at the Libyan embassy in Morocco, following the meeting between Nasser Bourita and the Libyan envoy.
Aboubaker Ibrahim Ataweel indicated that this meeting reaffirms the excellent fraternal relations between Libya and Morocco. He especially expressed his country's gratitude to Morocco for its continuous and steadfast support, under the leadership of the Sovereign, for the Libyan cause, as evidenced through the various agreements concluded, notably those of Skhirat, Bouznika, and Tangier.
"The Kingdom of Morocco has actively contributed to the resolution of the Libyan crisis and provided all its support for the conclusion of a series of agreements," he recalled, noting that the 2015 Skhirat Agreement remains the cornerstone and a reference for the resolution of the Libyan issue.
This visit is also part of the efforts aimed at strengthening the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) to meet the aspirations of the people of the region for more stability and prosperity, said the Libyan ambassador, highlighting the active role played by Morocco in favor of Maghreb integration.
A source close to the Libyan Presidential Council had, it is recalled, recently categorically rejected any attempt to create an alternative framework that would replace the UMA, emphasizing the imperative need to strengthen this regional group, whose foundations were laid in 1989 in Marrakech by the five countries of the region.
