This archive report was first published on 6 January 2020.
On Monday, Egypt's foreign ministry announced that the country will host a meeting with foreign ministers from France, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus to discuss the rapid developments in Libya.
The talks, scheduled for Wednesday in Cairo, aim to find ways to push efforts towards a comprehensive settlement between rival administrations in Libya.
Libya has been plagued by turmoil since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Egypt, along with the United Arab Emirates and Russia, supports strongman general Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive in April to capture Tripoli from the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).
However, Turkey's deployment of troops to Libya on Sunday has raised concerns in Cairo, with Egyptian officials considering it a matter of national security.
Relations between Egypt and Turkey have been strained since the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, whom Ankara supported.
