Libya’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Taher al-Sunni, has said that mercenaries and foreign fighters must leave Libya, considering this an inevitable matter.

During yesterday session, the House of Representatives (HoR) approved the appointment of Sideeg Al-Sour, the Head of the Investigations Department at the Attorney General’s Office, as the new Attorney General.

The Libyan Presidential Council, which is the Chief Commander of the Libyan Army, has instructed all military units in southern Libya to start working on securing borders and tackling enemy targets.

A series of state visits by leaders of Libya’s new National Unity Government to Athens and Ankara last week laid bare the difficulty Greece faces in swaying the North African country away from its Mediterranean rival Turkey.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met his counterpart Abdulhamid Dbeibah in the Libyan capital on Tuesday, in a new sign of warming ties between Tripoli and Cairo.

The international Libya Quartet on Tuesday urged authorities in the country to step up their efforts to improve the security situation and build confidence, to help bring peace to the country and fully implement the ceasefire agreement.

The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) and the Interior Ministry discussed Tuesday a general plan to secure the upcoming elections.

The House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday rejected the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) draft budget for 2021, proposing that it be reviewed and amended.

The ex-Minister of Interior in the previous Government of National Accord in Libya, Fathi Bashagha, hailed on Twitter the Russian rejection to lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Libya before presidential elections.

The HoR held a session in Tobruk yesterday to discuss the 2021 LD 96 billion budget presented by prime minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba on 17 March. According to the HoR’s Official Spokesperson, Abdalla Belheeg, 97 members attended.