Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, Osman Mohammed Saleh, arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to take part in the consultative meeting of (CEN-SAD ) Executive Council on 25-26 January.

According to the Libyan news agency JANA the minister was received at Tripoli International Airport by delegate of General Protocol and Ambassador of Eritrea to Libya.

The Community of Sahel-Saharan States was established on 4th February 1998 in Tripoli, Libya. CEN-SAD became a Regional Economic Community during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, held in Lomé (Republic of Togo) on 4-12 July 2000.

The regional body was formed to create an economic union of Sahel-Saharan States representing socio-economic interests of its members in agriculture, industry, energy, social culture and health.

It’s not clear whether all member states are attending the ongoing summit in Tripoli. Tensions arose between Djibouti and Libya after the the latter voted against imposing sanctions on Eritrea in December 2009.

As a result, Djibouti threatened to suspend its membership of CEN-SAD, whose Secretary General is the Libyan diplomat Mohammed Al-Madani El Azahri, and to boycott the Arab League Summit scheduled for March 27 in Libya.

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