Egypt Rejects AU Invitation of Turkey and Qatar for Meeting on Libya Tripoli, 28 January 2015(Lana) Egypt has objected an invitation by the African Union to Turkey and Qatar to take part in the 'International Contact Group for Libya' which is

"Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has strongly objected to the presence of Turkey and Qatar at the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya," the source told The Anadolu Agency. Shoukry had told Ismail al-Sharqawi, the AU's Peace and Security Council chief, that there was "no need" for the participation of Doha and Ankara at the meeting, according to the source. "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=