Algeria-Libya: Attaf, Al-Mangoush discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations

 
ALGIERS-   The minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, received Tuesday a phone call from his Libyan counterpart, Najla Al-Mangoush, during which they discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them, in addition to the latest developments at the regional level, the ministry said in a statement.
"The minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, received Tuesday a phone call from his Libyan counterpart, Najla Al-Mangoush, who congratulated Minister Ahmed Attaf on his appointment as head of Algerian diplomacy," the statement said.
The two officials discussed the "fraternal relations between the two brother countries and peoples, and ways to strengthen them, in addition to the latest developments at the regional level."
They also "exchanged views on the means to overcome the obstacles hindering the political settlement of the Libyan crisis."
Attaf reiterated Algeria's permanent support to Libya for the strengthening of its unity and for a consensus among the Libyan people on the organisation of free and fair election, to put an end to division and allow Libya to regain its place at the continental and international levels.
Greeting Algeria's "constant support for Libya's security and stability," Najla Al-Mangoush stressed the "the deepness, historical and exceptional nature of the fraternal relations between Algeria and Libya."
She pointed out "the promising prospects for their strengthening to meet the expectations of the two brother peoples," the statement concluded.