Algeria, which has always expressed its concern about the situation in Libya and is working to achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis that has been shaking this neighboring country since 2011, is coordinating with a major power to avoid the conflict getting bogged down. This is the United States and it is the probable future ambassador of this country in Algeria who reveals it.
Joshua Harris is a candidate for the post of United States ambassador to Algeria, replacing Elisabeth Moore who has been in office since 2021.
During a hearing in the US Congress, Harris revealed that Washington and Algeria are maintaining a fruitful dialogue to prevent the Libyan conflict from getting bogged down, according to what the Libyan English-language website reported on Saturday, June 29.
The diplomat explained that Algeria and the United States are working together at the level of the United Nations Security Council, of which Algeria has been a non-permanent member since January 2024, to strengthen regional security in order to end the conflict in Sudan and prevent the quagmire in Libya.
Algiers-Washington: avoiding the quagmire in Libya, Sudan and the Sahel
The other issue on which Algiers and Washington are coordinating, according to Joshua Harris, is the Sahel. The two countries “are working to restore security and governance in the Sahel region, which is the target of movements of malicious forces exploiting the region’s vulnerabilities,” according to the words used by the American diplomat.
Harris said during the same hearing that he himself had worked over the past decade through the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli to “enable Libyans to restore their national sovereignty.”
Libya has been mired in a deep crisis since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Since 2021, it has been de facto divided into two entities controlled by two parallel governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in Benghazi in the east.
The government recognized by the international community is that of Tripoli. It is led by Abdelhamid D’beiba. Algeria’s approach to ending the crisis is to achieve the organization of elections, far from any foreign interference.
