Libya reiterates its attachment to the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA). An announcement signed by the first vice-president of the Libyan Presidential Council (recognized by the United Nations), Moussa Al-Kouni, in statements to the evening news of the Al Aoula channel, at the end of his interviews, on Saturday 4 May in Banjul in Gambia, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita.
The official reaffirmed his country’s determination to “reactivate the Arab Maghreb Union.” An objective which 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 confirming its adherence to the values of the AMU, launched in February 1989 in Marrakech.
As a reminder, on April 23, the president of the CPL, Younes Al-Menfi, sent a written message to this effect to King Mohammed VI and the next day the first vice-president of the government of national unity (recognized by the international community) , Hussein Atiya El Katrani, met in Rabat with the secretary general of the UMA, the Tunisian Taïeb Baccouche, whose legitimacy is contested by Algeria. Al-Menfi also sent, on April 24, a written message of the same content to the President of Mauritania.
The talks between Nasser Bourita and Moussa Al-Kouni took place on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, organized in Banjul on May 4 and 5.
