Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Amru declared Egypt’s recognition of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC).
Amru told reporters that the Arab Republic of Egypt recognizes the new regime and its legitimate leadership represented by the TNC.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr met with TNC representative Abdul-Moneim al-Honi who was Libya’s envoy to the League of Arab States (LAS) before resigning from his post in Gadhafi’s regime.