After the 1977 war , relations were hostile for over a decade . As late as November 1988 , Libya stated that it would not resume diplomatic relations with Egypt as long as Egypt had relations with Israel . However , in October 1989 , Gaddafi visited Egypt for the first time in sixteen years . In March 1990 , Hosni Mubarak and President Hafez al-Assad of Syria met with Muammar Gaddafi in Libya . By the end of 1990 , relations between Libya and Egypt were excellent . In March 1991 , Egyptian officials urged the U.S. government to review its hard-line policy towards Libya . In November 1991 , while on a visit to Egypt for talks with President Hosni Mubarak , Gaddafi denied charges that his country was involved in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Egypt–Libya relations