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Egyptian embassy reopens in Tripoli after 12 years

By , based on La Presse de Tunisie

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Egypt has reopened its embassy in Tripoli after twelve years of closure, during a visit to Libya by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. Abdelatty also took part in a session of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States and presented the reopening as reflecting relations between the two countries, according to La Presse de Tunisie.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty inaugurated the new premises of the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli, ending twelve years of closure. He also took part in a session of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States and said at a press conference that the reopening reflected the depth of relations between the two countries, according to La Presse de Tunisie.

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