{"id":43229,"date":"2020-07-14T22:25:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T22:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=43229"},"modified":"2020-07-14T22:25:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T22:25:30","slug":"firefighters-battle-flames-at-major-cairo-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=43229","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters battle flames at major Cairo highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nCAIRO: Libya\u2019s parliament has called on Egyptian armed forces to intervene and protect the two countries\u2019 national security.<\/p>\n

\nIt welcomed a recent speech from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in which he called for concerted efforts between the two nations to achieve security and stability in Libya.<\/p>\n

\nThe parliamentary statement came a few days after Turkey again threatened to attack the Libyan cities of Sirte and Al-Jufra in a conflict pitting the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, headed by GNA Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, against the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by military commander Khalifa Haftar.<\/p>\n

\nAn imminent military escalation could affect the security and stability of Libya and threaten North African countries in general because of the large number of mercenaries that Ankara has sent to the country.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe Libyan parliament is the only legitimate representative elected by the Libyan people and representative of its free will, confirming its acceptance of what was said in the Egyptian president\u2019s speech in the presence of representatives of Libyan tribes,\u201d it said. \u201cWe call for concerted efforts between Libya and Egypt to ensure the defeat of the invading occupier and preserve our common national security. It will bring security and stability to our country and the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nEgypt\u2019s armed forces may intervene to protect Libyan and Egyptian national security if they saw an \u201cimminent threat\u201d to the security of the two countries, it added. \u201cOur confrontation with the invaders guarantees the independence of the Libyan nation and preserves the sovereignty and unity of Libya, and preserves the wealth and capabilities of the Libyan people from the ambitions of the colonial invaders \u2026 the supreme word will be for the Libyan people in accordance with their free will and supreme interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe parliamentary statement said that Libya rejected Turkish interference and any violation of Libyan sovereignty.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cEgypt represents a strategic depth for Libya at all levels of security \u2014 economic and social \u2014 throughout history. The Turkish occupation directly threatens Libya and the neighboring countries, especially Egypt, which will only stop with the efforts of neighboring Arab countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country would carry out oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean region on the coast of Libya, which observers said revealed Ankara’s intentions to plunder Libya\u2019s oil wealth. They said that the Turkish regime apparently planned to solve its looming economic crisis by stealing the wealth of people in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

\nTurkey faces a number of challenges that prevent the implementation of its plan to advance on Sirte and Al-Jufra, including the lack of a true popular movement as the majority of people in the two cities support LNA forces and refuse the entry of militias or mercenaries.<\/p>\n

\nEgyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told the UN Security Council earlier this month that Egypt would not allow militias to threaten its security. Shoukry, speaking about the Libya situation, said: \u201cWe will not tolerate these dangers to our country. We call on the international community to face the danger of terrorist organizations in Libya.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nMohamed El-Ghabbari, an Egyptian military expert and former director of the National Defense College, said that Turkey was unaware of Libya’s vast geography and also unaware of important matters regarding the role of Libya\u2019s tribes.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe General Command of the Libyan Army announced more than once its readiness to confront any attempts by Turkey to advance toward Sirte and Al-Jufra,\u201d El-Ghabbari told Arab News.<\/p>\n

\nHe said that its forces and military units were ready to repel any attack by Ankara by mercenaries and militias funded by the GNA government in Tripoli. Egyptian support would arrive \u201cat the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nEl-Ghabbari said the Turks must not forget that their recent statements came at a time when the Egyptian military was conducting military drills aimed at eliminating mercenaries from irregular armies, \u201cwhich means that Egypt is ready to respond at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAhmed Fouad Abaza, an Egyptian parliamentarian, backed the demand of the Libyan parliament, saying that the political chaos in Libya was caused by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporter Turkey \u201cwhich seeks to stabilize the Brotherhood organization on Libyan lands and seeks to control Libyan oil to save its collapsed economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAbaza added that, after the failure of Turkey and Qatar to revive the Brotherhood in a number of Arab countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was seeking to try to revive the Brotherhood inside Libya.<\/p>\n

\nAbaza hailed the LNA in the face of \u201cterrorist and criminal acts carried out by Turkey inside Libyan territories\u201d and said that if \u201cblood and destruction\u201d were present in any country or place within the region that Erdogan\u2019s regime was behind it.<\/p>\n

\nHe called on the \u201clegitimate political forces\u201d inside Libya and the Libyan people to stand behind the LNA so that all Libyan lands could be “liberated from desecration and the abomination of evil, darkness and terrorism.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAIRO: Libya\u2019s parliament has called on Egyptian armed forces to intervene and protect the two countries\u2019 national security. It welcomed a recent speech from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in which he called for concerted efforts between the two nations to achieve security and stability in Libya. The parliamentary statement came a few days after…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}