GNA Foreign Minister Stresses Importance of Security and Political Cooperation Between Libya, Niger, Sudan and Chad.

Niamey, 4 April 2018(Lana) The GNA Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala has stressed the importance of political and security cooperation between Libya, Niger, Sudan and Chad to combat cross-border crime, drug and contraband smuggling. Speaking before a consultation meeting that was held in the Nigerien capital on Tuesday to coordinate effort between Libya and the African Sahel countries to secure borders and combat cross-border threats including terrorism and trafficking, Siala said 'we meet today to think loudly, after the danger widened and spared no one, and it became evident that the matter requires collective action to confront the threats against our peoples and our dreams for progress and development.' 'We meet to consider the real danger aimed at us as states and political entities, by an enemy which will not rest until it destroys everything that's civilized and humane under plea of religion, Siala told the audience. He pointed out that the GNA Government is suffering from the plight of terrorism and cross-border crime, which compels us to work together to confront them, noting that Libya was the first country to suffer, and still does, from this serious phenomenon. =Lana=