Egypt Rejects AU Invitation of Turkey and Qatar for Meeting on Libya.

Tripoli, 28 January 2015(Lana) Egypt has objected to an invitation by the African Union to Turkey and Qatar, to take part in the 'International Contact Group for Libya' which is slated for Wednesday at the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa, a well-placed African diplomatic source has said. "Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has strongly objected to the presence of Turkey and Qatar at the meeting, and told Ismail al-Sharqawi, the AU's Peace and Security Council chief, that there was "no need" for the participation of Doha and Ankara, the source told The Anadolu Agency. AU officials have defended their decision to invite Qatar and Turkey since the two states have a stake in the Libyan crisis," the source said. Taking part in the Contact group meetings are Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, along with the five members of the Security Council and influential countries like Germany, Japan, Spain, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE. The AU ministerial council meeting in Addis Ababa was marred by strong divisions between African foreign ministers, according to a source who took part in the discussion in statements to the Anadolu correspondent. The source indicated that there were two streams, one led by Algeria rejecting military intervention to solve the crisis, while two other countries, he did not name them vigorously support intervention to end to the conflict and avoid a spread to the neighboring countries. =Lana=