On Sunday, Ali Juma Hassan Fadhil, the new Libyan ambassador to Iran, presented his credentials to Iranian President Ayatollah Sayyid Ibrahim Raisi, signaling a new momentum in the relations between the two nations after years of stagnation.
Since 2011 and the fall of the incumbent government in Libya, the country has been embroiled in problems such as civil war, the failure to establish a unified and inclusive government, and foreign interventions, particularly from NATO.
Consequently, in recent years, the level of political and diplomatic relations of Libya with many countries around the world has declined.
Despite years of instability in Tripoli, several nations have maintained their economic relations with Libya and have not deprived themselves of the benefits of developing economic cooperation.
However, this has been different in the case of Iran, as in recent years, in addition to scaling back diplomatic relations to the diplomatic level, Iranian exports to Libya have significantly declined to the point where there have been no exports from Iran to Libya.
Now, with the improvement of political and diplomatic relations between Tehran and Tripoli once again, the new Libyan ambassador called for a “serious enhancement of trade and economic cooperation” between the two countries during the presentation of his credentials.
Ali Juma Hassan Fadhil stated that the Libyan people have always supported the Islamic revolution of the Iranian people and that public opinion in his country regards Iran as one of the true supporters of the resistance movement.
On his part, the Iranian president expressed his hope for achieving complete stability and peace in this country and emphasized the need to “expand interactions at an accelerated pace” to usher in a new phase in the relations between Iran and this African nation.
