The
French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, stated yesterday in Monaco, at the
World Policy Conference annual meeting, that Libya will be his country´s
political priority for 2014 in the international arena.
This
is a good choice. Libya is in a big mess and needs strong support to be able to
re-establish law and order and control the many armed groups that are scattered
throughout the country. If this happens it will have a very positive impact on
the domestic democratization process as well as on the Sahel and North Africa
regions.
The
demise of Kaddafi open many Pandora boxes. It created major threats to peace
and stability. It is now time to bring the genies back into their bottles and firmly
lock them inside.
My
hope is that France would be able to bring other countries on board in an alliance
to re-build Libya. It is not easy, as EU states are more divided than ever and
can´t agree on a common approach on North Africa. But within the EU there are
enough governments that would accept that the Southern bank of the
Mediterranean Sea is indeed a priority matter.
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