TRIPOLI — The Egyptian government is pushing Libya to pay outstanding hotel bills racked up to accommodate Libyans wounded in last year's revolution and sent to Egypt for treatment. The Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zazou held a meeting with the new Libyan Ambassador to Egypt, Ashour Hamad Abu-Rashid, to discuss Libya's proposals to pay the million of dollars owed for accommodating the wounded and their families while treatment in Egypt. During the meeting, the Libyan ambassador promised he would seek approval from the Libyan authorities to pay 50 percent of the outstanding bills owed to of Egyptian companies and hotels in a single payment and the rest to be paid, after auditing, over an agreed period of time. The ambassador promised to discuss the matter with the Libyan authorities when he was back in Tripoli this week.
