Net gains: Maghreb cooperation on fisheries and maritime resources
The Maghreb’s maritime domain—stretching from Mauritania’s rich Atlantic waters to Morocco’s coastline and Libya’s Mediterranean
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty and Acting Special Representative of the United Nations in Libya Stephanie Khoury met in Cairo to discuss how best to enhance cooperation in the hope of resolving the Libyan crisis through a purely Libyan political process. Minister Abdelatty noted that Egypt had been encouraging Libyan parties to preserve state institutions and hold presidential and parliamentary elections in tandem. He also stressed the need of the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries, to preserve Libya's territorial integrity.
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