Hommam Al Nassim 
The head of the outgoing Libyan “National Unity” government, Abdul Hamid Al-Dbeibeh , directed the necessity of completing the procedures for opening the Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia, stressing that organizing the crossing is a necessary step to provide its services to all Libyans.
Al-Dbeibeh met in the Prime Minister’s Office with a delegation from the Municipal Council and a number of members of the Senate of the Municipality of Zuwara, in the presence of the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs.
The meeting was devoted to discussing a number of service issues and the conditions of the Ras Jadir border crossing, as Zuwarah is considered one of the important border municipalities.
Al-Dbeibeh issued instructions on the necessity of opening the coastal road, completing the procedures for opening the crossing in accordance with the government’s organizational plan, and implementing the agreement signed between the Libyan and Tunisian ministers of the interior.
Al-Dbeibeh stressed that organizing the Ras Jadir crossing is a necessary step to provide its services to all Libyans, after completing the maintenance and development work carried out by the government.
The opening of the Ras Jadir crossing between Libya and Tunisia, which was scheduled for Monday, was postponed after protesters closed the coastal road leading to the crossing.
The protesters indicated in their statement that “their decision came based on a series of decisions issued by the Minister of Interior in the National Unity Government,” which they described as “carrying ethnic and racist tendencies against the Amazighs of Libya.”
The protesters confirmed that they “entered an open sit-in and closed all entrances to the Greater Zuwara Municipality, including the Ras Jadir border crossing and the Abu Kammash coastal road,” demanding that the government “rescind its decisions that marginalize and transfer officers and military personnel from Amazigh backgrounds.”
The Libyan Ministry of Interior closed the border crossing in mid-March due to armed clashes after the border was attacked by “outlaws.”
Ras Jadir is the main border crossing between the two countries in the western region of Libya, where Libyans often go to Tunisia to receive treatment, and goods trucks coming from the opposite direction pass.
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