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A meeting was held between two Libyan and Tunisian delegations at the Ras Jadir border crossing with Tunisia to discuss the files of mechanisms for opening the crossing and procedures for facilitating traffic, while points of disagreement between the two parties regarding opening the crossing were revealed.
The Tunisian Customs Authority said in a statement: “The meeting was attended by Ras Jedir, the Director General of Tunisian Customs, the Director General of the Border Police, foreigners and their counterparts from the Libyan side, and a group of officials from both sides, within the framework of Tunisian-Libyan cooperation.”
The Customs Authority merely indicated that “the meeting focused on the mechanisms for reopening the crossing to the movement of passengers and goods and facilitating the flow of transit in both directions,” without revealing the results of this meeting, which was not the first since the crossing was closed last March.
For his part, Tunisian human rights activist, Mustafa Abdel Kabir, described the meeting as “important despite the difficulties,” explaining that it was “dedicated to considering the outstanding controversial points, as they were raised, views were exchanged, and they were conveyed in a detailed report to the higher authorities of the two countries for a final resolution.” Waiting for the ratification of the binding agreement to open.”
Regarding the source of the differences between the two sides, the Tunisian activist pointed out that “the Libyan side wants to return to joint inspection and prevent some goods and cars from moving between the two countries according to special conditions, and this matter was rejected by the Tunisian side, and demanded the continuation of work with the same procedures in place before the closure of the Ras Jadir crossing on the 18th.” Last March, the two parties stressed the need to unify visions in order to restore the crossing’s movement.”
Abdel Kabir added, “The meeting was important and crossed some important points, as coordination and consultation will continue in order to reopen it in the coming days, and officials from both countries will have an important role in that.”
Last March, the Ras Jadir border crossing witnessed armed clashes on the Libyan side between forces of the Ministry of Interior of the unity government and gunmen from the border region, which prompted the ministry to announce the closure of the crossing, the same decision announced by the Tunisian authorities on the same day.
In the same context, protesters in the Tunisian city of Dhiba closed the Wazen border crossing with Libya on Saturday evening, preventing travelers from crossing into the country without the reasons becoming clear, according to what the local newspaper “Tunisia Telegraph” revealed.
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