Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty met Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas Khalifa Abdul-Sadiq in Tripoli on Saturday to discuss strengthening bilateral energy co-operation.
The meeting took place at the new headquarters of the Egyptian embassy in the Libyan capital.
Abdelatty stressed the importance of accelerating projects to build and connect gas pipelines between the two countries and expand co-operation on petroleum products.
He also called for the swift completion of projects to refine Libyan oil in Egypt for re-export, rehabilitate Libyan refineries and establish electricity links between the two countries.
Abdul-Sadiq expressed appreciation for co-operation between the two countries across technical energy sectors and outlined current co-operation in oil, gas and electricity.
He affirmed that existing joint projects would continue and said he would visit Cairo soon to pursue technical co-operation talks with Egypt’s petroleum and electricity ministers.
