TUNISIA April 22. 2024 (Saba) - Tunisian President Kais Saied with his Algerian and Libyan counterparts will hold the “first consultative meeting” on Monday in order to formulate a new Maghreb bloc amid the stagnation witnessed by the Arab Maghreb Union.
According to a statement by the Tunisian presidency, Saied invited “Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Libyan President Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi, to participate in the first consultative meeting between the leaders of the three sisterly countries.”
Thus, neither the Kingdom of Morocco nor the Republic of Mauritania was invited to the meeting, which is preparing to form a body at the Maghreb level.
The three leaders agreed on the sidelines of the gas summit in Algeria at the beginning of last March to “hold a tripartite Maghreb meeting every three months, the first of which will be in Tunisia after the month of Ramadan.”
During the meeting, the presidents discussed “the prevailing conditions in the Maghreb region and the need to intensify and unify efforts to confront the economic and security challenges in a way that will benefit the peoples of the three countries positively,” according to a statement by the Algerian presidency.
The Arab Maghreb Union was established in Marrakesh in 1989 in an effort to strengthen political and economic ties between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya, in the form of the European Union.
After successful beginnings and intense activities, everything froze due to the ongoing tension in relations between Rabat and Algeria, especially due to the conflict in Western Sahara.
No summit meeting has been held since 1994.
H.H
According to a statement by the Tunisian presidency, Saied invited “Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Libyan President Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi, to participate in the first consultative meeting between the leaders of the three sisterly countries.”
Thus, neither the Kingdom of Morocco nor the Republic of Mauritania was invited to the meeting, which is preparing to form a body at the Maghreb level.
The three leaders agreed on the sidelines of the gas summit in Algeria at the beginning of last March to “hold a tripartite Maghreb meeting every three months, the first of which will be in Tunisia after the month of Ramadan.”
During the meeting, the presidents discussed “the prevailing conditions in the Maghreb region and the need to intensify and unify efforts to confront the economic and security challenges in a way that will benefit the peoples of the three countries positively,” according to a statement by the Algerian presidency.
The Arab Maghreb Union was established in Marrakesh in 1989 in an effort to strengthen political and economic ties between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya, in the form of the European Union.
After successful beginnings and intense activities, everything froze due to the ongoing tension in relations between Rabat and Algeria, especially due to the conflict in Western Sahara.
No summit meeting has been held since 1994.
H.H
resource : Saba