Madar (Tripoli) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Saturday, November 7, 2026, reopened Egypt's historic embassy building in Tripoli, in the presence of Taher al-Baour, who is in charge of Libya's foreign ministry, according to the Libyan news agency LANA, citing the Egyptian foreign ministry's official page.
Abdelatty said the reopening had "historical and diplomatic significance", describing the building as an inseparable part of Tripoli's memory, and thanked the Libyan state for supporting its maintenance and renovation.
Meeting Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi, he reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to a political solution as "the only way out" of the Libyan crisis, through a comprehensive Libyan-owned and Libyan-led dialogue free of outside dictates or interference, the agency said.
He also restated Egypt's position on the Turkish-Libyan maritime memorandum of understanding and the importance of taking Egyptian concerns over maritime border delimitation into account, in line with international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Abdelatty stressed the importance of holding the next session of the joint higher committee and asked for facilities for Egyptian students and the Egyptian community in Libya, including extended deadlines and the cancellation of accumulated fines. Menfi's office said the talks also covered energy, infrastructure, agriculture and electricity interconnection.
At the new embassy building, Abdelatty discussed with the Government of National Unity's oil and gas minister, Khalifa al-Sadiq, speeding up gas pipeline links between the two countries, refining Libyan oil in Egypt for re-export, rehabilitating Libyan refineries and the electricity interconnection. Sadiq said he would visit Cairo soon.
