Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush met in Rome last week, his office revealed on Sunday.
revealed that its chief diplomat met with her last week — news that prompted scattered street protests in the chaos-stricken North African nation.
Cohen said they discussed the importance of preserving the heritage of Libya’s former Jewish community, including renovating synagogues and cemeteries. The talks also touched on possible Israeli assistance for humanitarian issues, agriculture and water management, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry.The Libyan foreign ministry, meanwhile, sought to downplay the importance of the meeting as “unprepared" and an unofficial meeting during a meeting with Italy’s foreign minister.
Sunday’s announcement of the meeting prompted scattered protests in Tripoli and other towns in western Libya. Protesters stormed the foreign ministry headquarters to condemn the meeting, while others attacked and burned a residence for the prime minister in Tripoli, according to local reports. “This government has crossed all prohibited lines and must be brought down,” he wrote on the X platform, previously known as Twitter.
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