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| President Buhari receives in audience President of the Libyan Presidential Council H.E. Mohamed Younis Menfi in State House on 6th May 2021 |
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday hosted His Excellency Mohammed Younis Menfi, Chairman, Presidential Council of Libya, stressing that a stable or unstable Libya has implications for countries in the Lake Chad Basin area, including Nigeria.
โRepublics of Chad, and Niger, have extensive borders with Libya, and they are our immediate neighbours. Whatever affects them affects us. The stability or instability of Libya will directly affect us,โ President Buhari said.
He stressed that security of Nigeria was number one priority to him, noting that โunless a country or institution is secured, thereโs no way you can efficiently manage it.โ
President Buhari said he was happy that the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya could personally attend the Summit of Lake Chad Basin Commission held in Abuja on Tuesday, to discuss the situation in Chad, and the implications for security in neighbouring countries.
Mohammed Younis Menfi said Libya was fast evolving, โand we now have one government, active on the ground. We are expelling the mercenaries, and unifying the instructions.โ
He said democratic elections would be held in due course, adding that the historical relationship between his country and Nigeria in the areas of oil and agriculture meant that one country could not ignore the other.
โWe aspire for joint cooperation, and reactivation of previous agreements,โ Chairman Menfi said.
