Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Najla Mangoush have considered opening an Iranian embassy in Tripoli during a phone conversation. This was reported by the Mehr news agency on Monday.
According to the agency, Abdollahian invited Mangoush to visit Tehran and she accepted the offer. Increased bilateral cooperation, including the reopening of the Iranian embassy in Libya, will be on the agenda during the visit.
Libya currently has de facto two governments: a cabinet in the east led by Fathi Bashagha, who is supported by the parliament, and the GNU led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, headquartered in Tripoli. On June 22, 2022, the transition period established by the UN as a result of the Geneva accords expired, by the end of which Libya would have had an elected president and parliament. The elections scheduled for December 2021 were cancelled due to the lack of the necessary constitutional basis, and the date has not yet been officially set.
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Based on materials from TASS