Shoukry, Pompeo discuss political solutions to Libyan conflict: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed the need to find a political solution to the Libyan conflict with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a phone call yesterday, according to a ministry statement. The State Department said that Shoukry and Pompeo “shared concern over prolonged violence and instability in Libya, and agreed on the need to achieve a political solution” in a statement. The two also talked about tackling the threats posed by Islamic State and Al Qaeda, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the wars in Yemen and Syria.

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