Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has said he had suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and referred her to an investigation.
The National Unity Government announced in a Facebook post that it had decided to temporarily suspend Mangoush, handing over the foreign ministry portfolio to the youth minister.
Meanwhile, the foreign ministry said in a statement on its Facebook that Mangoush had rejected formal meetings with Israeli representatives, in line with the stance of the Government of National Unity, noting that the encounter in Rome was informal and unofficial.
In recent years, Israel has normalized its diplomatic ties with several Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
Libya has no diplomatic relations with Israel, like several other Arab countries with a 1957 Libyan law prescribing up to nine years in prison for dealing with Israel.
