Egypt welcomes election of Libyan executive authority

CAIRO: Egypt has welcomed the formation of the new Libyan executive authority and expressed its aspiration to work with the interim body.

A spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Hafez, said that Cairo hailed the results of the vote determining the executive authority by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum held in Geneva under the auspices of the UN.

Cairo looked forward to working with the Libyan interim authority until the handover of power to the elected government after the poll scheduled for December this year, he said.