Egypt to host summit on Libya and Sudan

CAIRO - 23 April 2019: Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will host two summits on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Sudan and Libya, presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said Monday.

The summit on Sudan will include the presidents of Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia ,and South Africa.

The participants will also include the deputy of Ethiopian prime minister, South Sudan’s presidential adviser for security affairs, the Ugandan and Kenyan foreign ministers, and Nigerian undersecretary of foreign minister, as well as chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki.

The summit will study the possibilities of dealing with Sudan’s current developments and how to contribute to backing stability and peace there.

Al-Sisi will also host the meeting of a troika summit to discuss the political and security situations in Libya and means to contain the current crisis and eradicate terrorism.

The summit will be attended by the presidents of Rwanda, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and chairman of the AU Commission.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will host two summits on Tuesday to discuss the situation in both Sudan and Libya.