Egypt Withdraws From International Meeting On Libya

28 January 2015

Cairo — Egypt and Libya boycotted on Wednesday the second session of the International Contact Group on Libya in Addis Ababa objecting to the presence of Qatar and Turkey.

Egypt withdrew from the meeting to "send a clear message" that there must be coordination about the participation of countries outside the African Union, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri was cited as saying by state-run MENA.

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