Libyan Tribes Meeting With Sisi... 1 Authorization, 2 Red Lines

During a meeting with Libyan Tribes Sheikhs and Notable Figures, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed that the red lines announced earlier by him at Sidi Barani base are essentially a call for peace and an end to the conflict in Libya.

"Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any movements that directly threaten the national security of Egypt, Libya, Arab world, the region and the world," Sisi said on Thursday.

On their part, the Sheikhs and Notables of the Libyan tribes expressed their authorization to President Sisi and to the Egyptian armed forces to intervene in Libya to protect Libyan sovereignty.

Sisi Receives Tribes' Figures on Wednesday

The Libyan tribal figures called on the Egyptian president to take all necessary measures to secure the interests of the national security of Libya and Egypt and face common challenges, to consolidate the Libyan parliament’s call for Egypt to intervene to protect the Libyan people and preserve the unity and integrity of the country’s lands.

President Sisi received Thursday the Sheikhs, and the tribal figures of Libya representing the Libyan people throughout the country, according to the Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady.

“The meeting will be held under the slogan of ‘Egypt and Libya… one people and one destiny’,” added Rady.

He noted that the president reiterated that the Egyptian endeavors at all levels only aim at activating the free will of the Libyan people for a better future to the state of Libya and the coming generations.

The delegation of Libyan tribes loyal to eastern forces arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss developments in the war-torn country, a few days after the eastern-based Libyan parliament asked Egypt to directly intervene if necessary in light of what it described as a Turkish “aggression.”

According to the state-run MENA news agency, Cairo received a delegation from several tribes from Benghazi for talks about the current crisis and how to overcome it.