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| Tripoli regime's Ghirani welcomed as official Libyan foreign minister by Qatar |
| 2015-09-09 |
| [Libya Herald] The "foreign minister" in the internationally unrecognised Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... administration, Mohammed El-Ghirani, has been welcomed as Libya's foreign minister in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... where he had talks yesterday with its foreign minister Khaled bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah. Qatar, along with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , is regularly accused by the House of Representatives and the internationally recognised government of Abdullah Thinni in Beida of actively supporting the Tripoli regime. Officially, Qatar's policy towards Libya is that of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), of which it is a member -- that the House of Representatives is the legitimate parliament and the Thinni administration the legitimate government. Last December, the GCC, meeting in Doha, issued an explicit statement of support for the HoR and the government. Yesterday, however, the state-run Qatar news agency QNA referred to Ghirani as Al-Attiyah's "Libyan counterpart". It said the two sides has discussed the latest developments in Libya. According to the Libya Observer, which supports the Tripoli administration, Ghirani was expected to have other meetings with Qatari officials "to boost the mutual relations between Libya and Qatar in many fields". On Friday, the head of the Tripoli administration, Khalifa Ghwell was again in Ankara for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. He was last in Turkey at the end of June. Friday's discussion focused on Ankara's decision to impose visas on visiting Libyans, which Ghwell tried to get the Turks to lift, and the issue of Turkish companies returning to work in Libya. The two visits are likely to intensify attacks on Qatar and Turkey by the HoR and the Thinni government. |
| Posted by:Fred |