Libyans living in Egypt entered their embassy in Cairo for the first time since security services raised cordons from around the embassy Tuesday night. One Libyan present told Youm7 that Ambassador Abdel Moneim el-Hawny formerly handed control of the embassy to the National Transitional Council (NTC), the governing structure of the Libyan opposition. The Libyan Transitional Council organized a celebration inside the embassy, where three Libyan rebels injured in Barka, Misrata, and the Western Mountains spoke at the celebration, and songs and slogans supporting the Libyan revolution were sang. The chairman of the crisis management branch of the NTC, Farag el-Orbosy, said the NTC has not settled on the new diplomatic mission, but they did decide that el-Hawny would remain the ambassador Although Egypt was late to recognize the NTC, Council member Abdel Moneim al-Hurr it will not affect Egyptian-Libyan relations because the council understands the internal situation in Egypt.
