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Egypt, Algeria find common ground on Libyan crisis

Egypt and Algeria have been at odds over how to deal with the situation in Libya, but that may be changing.
Sisi and Lamamra

Egypt and Algeria are planning to boost their coordination on the situation in neighboring Libya, where efforts to hold parliamentary and presidential elections later this year appear to have reached an impasse.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks Aug. 1 in Cairo with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra to discuss a host of regional issues, including developments in war-battered Libya.

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