Lamamra: Algeria chairs security committe to resolve Libyan crisis

Libya's neighbouring countries have decided to set up two committees: a security committee chaired by Algeria and a political committee chaired by Egypt, as part of the support efforts to help Libya overcome the current crisis, said Monday in Tunis Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra.
In a statement to APS on the sidelines of the meeting of the Foreign ministers of Libya's neighbouring countries in Hammamet (Tunisia), Lamamra said that the political committee is in charge of cooperation with the Libyan political class and the civil society organizations.
The security and military committee is in charge of coordination between Libya and the neighbouring countries to strengthen border security and control measures, he said.
The committee will also have to intensify cooperation with all the armed groups that "abide by the law and believe in the future of Libya as a united country," he added.
Lamamra said that the ministerial meeting emphasized the need for a solution to the Libyan crisis based on the country's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.
The participants also underlined the need for a national dialogue involving all Libyan citizens who reject violence and terrorism and believe in the national unity, and excluding groups linked to "foreign terrorist networks, he added.
As regards the work of the Ministerial Council of Libya's neighbouring countries, Lamamra said that the idea to create the group was initiated by Algeria, which seized the opportunity of the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Algeria in May 2014 to launch the informal talks between Libya's neighbouring countries, the African Union and the Arab League.
Lamamra said that Libya's neighbouring countries are facing many challenges resulting from the Libyan crisis, and are thus "involved" in seeking a solution to the crisis.
Libya's neighbouring countries have a "direct role" in cooperation with Libyan authorities for border control, training of security services and army units and for the enhancement of intelligence cooperation, he added.