Tripoli (AFP) - On Saturday, Egypt reopened its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after closing it in 2014 due to the political division and related violence.

Published on: 07/11/2026 - 20:05

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati opened the embassy headquarters, following his arrival in Tripoli earlier today, where he also participated in a session of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States.

Abdel Ati said in a press conference that the reopening of the embassy headquarters “reflects the depth of the relationship and the historical and geographical interdependence that brings together the two brotherly peoples.”

Libya is seeking to recover from the chaos that followed the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Two governments are currently competing for power, one in Tripoli, which is recognized by the United Nations and led by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, and a rival government in the east supported by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

Egypt has supported Haftar since his emergence in eastern Libya, but it has also converged with the government in Tripoli in recent years.

The reopening of the embassy comes weeks after the Libyan Parliament in Benghazi, in the east of the country, approved an agreement to demarcate the maritime borders with Turkey, which angered Cairo, which considered that the agreement violated its maritime zone.

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