The Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Mohammed Al-Haddad, accompanied by a high-ranking military delegation, visited the Italian Ministry of Defense and Army’s Chief of Staff on Monday.
The United States of America has stressed the withdrawal of all armed and mercenary groups from Libya without further delay is a decisive step towards peace and stability, stressing that human rights violations will continue unless meaningful steps are taken to address the chronic instability in Libya.
The Tripoli-based Libyan government’s information website reported Tuesday that Libya’s ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to international organizations, Osama Abdel-Hadi, discussed with an Austrian delegation, headed by the Director General of Vienna International Airport:
Libya’s Presidential Council signed with the Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.N. Mission in Libya a declaration of intent to “enhance cooperation to integrate human rights in the political and national reconciliation process,” revealed Dutch Ambassador Dolf Hogewoning on Monday.
Prime Minister of former Tripoli-based “Government of National Salvation”, Khalifa al-Ghwell, made discreet visit to Paris on 14 May, preparing to return to front lines of the Libyan political scene & play leading role against the current Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, according to Africa Intelligence website.
Human rights organizations in Libya on Saturday welcomed the International Criminal Court’s move to issue arrest warrants for suspects allegedly involved in international crimes in Libya.
Sources from rebel factions in Darfur that maintain a presence in southern Libya told MEE that the Libyan general Khalifa Haftar pushed his forces towards Sudan, promising the RSF that he would provide them with advanced anti-aircraft cannons.
The European Union’s naval Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, responsible for enforcing the UN arms embargo in Libya, has released its monthly report for April, revealing that Turkey has refused to allow the boarding and inspection of suspicious ships on ten occasions, the latest being on March 29, 2023.
The President of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) Mohamed al-Manfi has received the UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, according PC media.
The Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, said Khalifa Haftar is the strongest figure in Cyrenaica region (eastern Libya), explaining that it was right to talk to him about illegal immigration, and stressing that their meeting with Haftar in Italy was not against or in favor of France.
