Al-Koni meets the Swiss Ambassador to Libya

Tripoli, October 8, 2023 (LANA) - Representative of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, met today, Sunday, with the Swiss Ambassador to Libya, Joseph Philipp Ringli, and the Advisor for Humanitarian and International Cooperation, Sarah Voelmer.

According to the Presidential Council, during the meeting, Al-Koni praised the role played by Switzerland in the field of human rights, expressing the Council’s desire to achieve stability through the democracy of achieving development, and not the democracy of wars and conflicts.

  In turn, the Swiss ambassador affirmed his country's support for the efforts of the Presidential Council to achieve peace with the success of the national reconciliation project, which paves the way for holding elections whose results are agreed upon by all parties.

The Swiss ambassador expressed his country's desire to help Libya during this stage by supporting UN envoy Abdullah Batili, considering Switzerland a member of the Security Council this year, which will work to stabilize Libya through the international working group.

  The meeting also discussed the latest developments in the situation in neighboring countries, and the repercussions of the outbreak of wars in the region, according to the Presidential Council.

  Al-Koni referred to his meetings with the presidents and leaders of neighboring countries, especially Niger, and working to prevent it from being drawn into an armed conflict, which would have repercussions on Libya, which suffers from divisions, which made its borders violated by criminal gangs involved in smuggling and human trafficking.