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| Cairo tribal conference marred by final brawl |
| 2015-06-04 |
| [Libya Herald] With tribalism very much a key determinant in shaping the future of Libya's political scene, those attending the Libyan tribal leaders' conference in Cairo last week tried to putting up a united front, but differences emerged on a number of issues. One of the main ones was the distribution of Libya's natural resources, mostly located in Cyrenaica. The discord was made abundantly clear minutes before the final statement was read. A brawl broke out in front of Egyptian Prime Minster Ibrahim Mahleb who, with Nabil el Araby, Secretary General of the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... , Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and numerous Arab and non-Arab ambassadors was attending the final session. |
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