Tunisia Expels Libya Arab League Envoy
Tunisia has expelled Libya’s ambassador to the Arab League after accusing him of illicit activities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Siyassah reported Thursday. The Libyan, Basheer Jamjoum, returned home a few days ago, the newspaper said, quoting unidentified Arab sources in Paris. The 21-member Arab League is headquartered in Tunisia.
Tunisian authorities accused Jamjoum of “holding contacts with anti-government opposition forces, and (illicitly) visiting military camps,” the newspaper said.
It said the expulsion was an indication of the level of tension between the two North African Arab countries. The Tunisian government did not condemn the U.S. military strike against Libya on April 15.
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