The Foreign Ministry of Egypt stated on Wednesday that it is “concerned” about developments in Tripoli, which erupted in violent riots overnight.

Rival armed factions battled as parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha attempted to seize power but was forced to leave by the Government of National Unity led by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, as well as military opposition.

Egypt has urged for calm following the confrontations, which follow weeks of disagreement over Libya’s premiership.

“We stress once again the need to maintain calm in Libya, and to preserve the lives, property, and capabilities of the Libyan people,” Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said.

Egypt urged all Libyan parties to exercise restraint and refrain from taking any steps that would fuel violence.

The Foreign Ministry stressed, “the inevitability of dialogue in order to reach the holding of presidential and legislative elections in Libya simultaneously and without delay.”

It warned of the “importance of the constitutional track dialogue currently taking place in Cairo, in a way that achieves the aspirations and hopes of the brotherly Libyan people in moving toward the future at a steady pace.”

According to Libyan reports, the clashes erupted in the Mansoura and Souk Al-Thalath areas, in the center of Tripoli, hours after Bashagha arrived in the city to begin the work of his government mandated by the Libyan House of Representatives stationed in the east of the country.

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