Rabat – The speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, held talks with Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita on Thursday September 2 in Rabat.
The talks are part of the ongoing bilateral dialogue between Rabat and Tripoli.
During the meeting, the Libyan official recalled his country’s satisfaction with, and gratitude for, Morocco’s unwavering support for the political process to find a lasting agreement to resolve the Libyan conflict.
“As stated by his excellency Nasser Bourita, there will be no solution to the unrest in Libya, without a democratic election,” Aguila Saleh said during the press conference.
He added that “Morocco’s efforts in trying to ensure all Libyan parties involved in the conflict agree on following a democratic process, is key.”
Morocco’s foreign minister also emphasized Morocco’s determination to continue to support Libyans to find a peaceful solution to end the Libyan conflict, by ensuring the democratic elections occur in the best circumstances possible.
“The crisis will not be solved through conferences, but through a democratic process, and a democratic election, that will see install a president all Libyans voted for,” he said.
He added that “despite many mediation and compromising efforts, the consensus is that peace will only be achieved through a general election.”
Aguila Saleh assured that, the Libyan constitution itself aligns with the newly found consensus relating to a democratic election, the speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives said that “our legal body sets the framework for what needs to be done, which is the election of a president for all Libyans.”
Saleh said that more legislative steps will be taken to complete the Libyan constitutional prerogatives once a president is elected.
Aguila Saleh has visited Morocco several times as part of Libyan delegations and on individual missions.
In June, Saleh visited Morocco for talks with Bourita. The meeting served as another opportunity for the Libyan official to reiterate his country’s satisfaction with Rabat’s efforts to convene Libyan political parties on a one table of negotiations.
“Morocco is an influential country. It is also following and monitoring the Libyan conflict without personal interest,” Aguila Saleh said in the press conference.
Saleh’s visit followed the Vice-President of the Libyan Presidency Council Abdullah Al-lafi on August 25.
The meeting touched on bilateral relations between both countries.
Morocco has hosted several rounds of multilateral and bilateral discussions aimed at reaching a political and sustainable compromise to end Libya’s decade-long crisis.
The talks took place in Bouznika and Tangier.
As part of the talks, opposing parties made remarkable progress, agreeing to the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries and the respect of bilateral ceasefires.
In addition to Bourita, Aguila Saleh also met with Morocco’s House of Representatives Speaker Habib El Malki.
El Malki received Saleh upon his arrival at the Rabat-Sale airport.
