Sisi and Trump agree on need to maintain Libya ceasefire

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Monday on the need to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation between the forces fighting there, Egypt’s presidency said.

Sisi and Trump spoke by telephone as Egypt’s parliament went into a closed session, the assembly’s speaker, Ali Abdelaal, told reporters but gave few details.

Egyptian media said lawmakers would discuss Libya and that they might give Sisi a mandate to intervene in the conflict.