Political reconciliation in Libya and the establishment of a provisional government prepare the country for a long reconstruction operation, a colossal economic market for Tunisia, at the heart of a financial crisis.
Except that political quarrels in Tunisia keep weakening his situation and his relations abroad even with neighboring countries. Meanwhile, Egypt is making all efforts to have the share of lion in this colossal market.
Indeed, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, the Libyan Prime Minister appointed two weeks ago, chose Cairo, yesterday Thursday, to make his first official trip abroad. After a long period of cold between Cairo and Tripoli, this visit is perceived as “a positive message” in the Egyptian capital, to have its shares in the reconstruction of Libya.
Egypt is trying to resume its place in Libya. For the past week, Egyptian-Libyan contacts have been intensifying. Political and security discussions have resumed in order to stabilize “the country and the region,” reports RFI.
Except that it seems that Tunisia has not yet seized this enormous opportunity. With the exception of a few phone calls from courtesy with the Libyan parties, Tunisian diplomacy is absent subscribers.
In this context, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians abroad, Othman Jerandi, had an interview on the phone with the Libyan Abdel Hamid Dbeibah who has just been elected Prime Minister, wishing him full in his new functions. The telephone interview was an opportunity, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to reaffirm the determination of Tunisia to continue to support the efforts of Libyans in their consensual political process, the establishment of their constitutional institutions and the reconstruction of their country.
Except that so far, Egypt, which has moved up a gear, seems to be ahead of Tunisia, particularly on the diplomatic level, in the file of the reconstruction of this country long delivered to war.
