By Libya Herald staff. Cairo, 25 August 2014: Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukri warned today that a spillover of the conflict in Libya could prompt foreign intervention. Both, he said, had to be avoided at all costs. What was the fourth meeting between Libya’s neighbouring countries — Egypt, Chad, Tunisia, Algeria …
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