Rabat is organizing a new meeting of Libyan officials to move forward on the issue of uniting sovereign institutions. Since the Bouznika dialogue in September last year, this file has been blocked with regard to the appointment of the heads of seven institutions. After being twice postponed, the meeting between Aguila Saleh, the head of parliament and Khaled al-Mishri, the head of the Supreme Council, aims to show that Morocco is still weighing in on the issue.
Morocco, supported by Washington and the UN, has been working in a dialogue between Libyans since 2014 and is an “active mediator” for a solution to the crisis. These efforts resulted in the Skhirat agreement, which was signed at the end of 2015. An agreement that has become a benchmark for a solution in Libya, despite being refused by the camp in eastern Libya.
In parallel with the autumn meetings in Tunis and Geneva, Morocco, still seeking a solution, had organized in Bouznika a new cycle of dialogues for the reunification of sovereign institutions. Progress has been made, but the blockade remains with the appointment of the heads of seven sovereign institutions. A release is necessary before the election is scheduled for the end of the year.
Through the Libyan base, Rabat strives to play a more important credible mediator role at the regional level. The Shereefian Kingdom has “positive neutrality” and strives for this neutrality to take precedence over other regional mediators accused of supporting one situation or another.
Nevertheless, the Algerian commitment on the Libyan issue irritates Morocco. Algeria had applied for a post as a special envoy to Libya, but Ramtan Lamamra’s candidacy was rejected by Washington, Rabat’s allies.
Last year, the Algerian president’s invitation to the Berlin conference without doing the same created tensions between Morocco and Rabat in Morocco, which have since worsened.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah was in Algiers last weekend when he refused an invitation to a rebate in February last year.
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