Bathily meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister and other regional diplomats to discuss Libya

Jan 31, 2023 | International actors

On 31 January, UN Special Envoy to Libya and the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, met with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, in Morocco where the two discussed events in Libya. Bourita reportedly offered Bathily access to Morocco to serve as a neutral space to hold dialogue and discussions between Libyan stakeholders. In the last week, Bathily is also reported to have discussed the situation in Libya with UN Security Council (UNSC) members Ghana, Mozambique and Gabon as well as meeting with ambassadors to Libya from Sudan, Chad and Niger.