Russia is “seeking” the United Arab Emirates and Egypt for successful talks on the Libyan crisis, Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov said on Monday during a press conference with his Emirati counterpart.

Egypt’s Mostaqbal Watn (Nation’s Future) Party, which strongly backs President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, secured nearly 55% of the contested seats in a parliamentary election spread over several weeks, official results showed on Monday.

Bahrain’s foreign minister on Monday arrived in the Western Sahara city of Laayoune recognized recently as a territory of Morocco to inaugurate the island kingdom’s newest consulate in the area, according to an official statement.