Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte justified his meeting with Khalifa Haftar last year in Benghazi by saying it was the only way to free the 18 Italian fishermen after protracted negotiations.
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U.S. spends $ 49 million on Libya conventional weapons destruction and explosives clearance over 9 years
The U.S. embassy revealed today that its government had spent more than US$ 49 million on conventional weapons destruction and clearance of explosive remnants of war in Libya between 2011 and 2020. The revelation was made in the U.S. 2021 To Walk the Earth in Safety annual report.
Read More »Beyond the controversial Turkish maritime agreement: Greece seeks cooperation in energy, construction, maritime transport, health, security, tourism, education and culture
Welcoming Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Tripoli at their joint press conference yesterday, Libyan prime minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba said Libya sought to restore diplomatic relations and raise their representation in accordance with the common interests between the two countries. Greece had cut diplomatic relations with Libya during the …
Read More »UNSMIL convenes LPDF Legal Committee Meeting on the Constitutional Basis for 24 December Elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) facilitates a three-day direct meeting of the LPDF Legal Committee in Tunis from 7 to 9 April to finalize discussions on a constitutional basis which will pave the way for national elections on 24 December 2021, in accordance with the Libyan Political …
Read More »Sudan’s Hemedti demands immediate departure of mercenaries from Libya
First Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, stressed the need for all mercenaries to leave Libya.
Read More »We are studying all agreements in line with our interests, PM Dbeibah
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, has affirmed that the government seeks to establish relations with all countries, especially the neighboring countries, saying “we seek the interest of Libya first and study all agreements in line with our interests”.
Read More »Crisis in Libya over distribution of sovereign positions
The Presidency of the Libyan High Council of State warned against circumventing the political agreement and violating the legal and constitutional contexts governing the political process, and the mechanism of assuming sovereign positions in the country.
Read More »Debaiba & Draghi hold a joint press conference, agree to strengthen relations between Italy and Libya in the future
Libya’s Prime Minister today received his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi in what is the Italian Premier’s first trip outside Italy. Draghi and his delegation were welcomed at the headquarters of the Government in Tripoli.
Read More »U.S. pushing for constitutionally based Libyan elections on 24 December, LPDF to override HoR if it fails to prepare legal basis
U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland and Emad Al-Sayah head of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) met today in Tunis, the U.S. Embassy reports.
Read More »EU Migration Pact reflects a shared commitment to refugees: keeping them out at all costs
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, several reports and NGOs have warned that refugees on European soil would be at higher risk of infection due to living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, making it impossible to comply with social distancing rules.
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