

TOKYO: Japan’s Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi praised Abdullah Allafi, the Vice President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya, on Friday for helping to bring about national reconciliation in Libya.
Iwaya expressed a hope for political stability in Libya through elections and the establishment of a unified government.
In response, Vice President Allafi explained the role and efforts of the Presidential Council in stabilizing Libya through national reconciliation and elections.
Allafi is visiting Japan as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Aymen Seifennaser, a member of the House of Representatives, also participated in the meeting from the Libyan side.
Iwaya welcomed Vice President Allafi and noted that high-level visits between the two countries have been growing in the past year.
Allafi said Libya will work together to strengthen bilateral relations in a wide range of fields, including peace building.
The two sides agreed to strengthen bilateral people-to-people exchanges and to promote cooperation in areas that contribute to peace in Libya.
They also discussed cooperation in the international arena, the situation in East Asia, the situation in the Middle East, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and climate change, and agreed to continue working together.