The Minister of Planning and Finance of Fathi Bashagha’s government, Osama Hammad, threatened in a letter addressed to the Attorney General, the Head of the Administrative Control Authority, the Head of the Audit Bureau, and the Head of the Anti-Corruption Authority, to use escalation to stop the flow of oil …
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Saleh, Al-Mishri to resume talks in Cairo, press reports
Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, and chairman of High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri, have reached an agreement to resume talks in Cairo in the next few days to agree on a constitutional basis necessary for the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections, according to a report …
Chinese president assures Menfi of his country’s desire to strengthen cooperation with Libya
Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed his country’s desire to work to consolidate and deepen relations of friendship and cooperation with Libya, for the interest of both countries.
Sief al Islam Al Gaddafi says everyone should be allowed to run in Libya polls
Sief al Islam Al Gaddafi is back in the news. He is asking for all Libyans, and without exceptions, to be allowed to run for the next presidential elections whenever they are held in the country.
UNSMIL Statement on False Reports of a “New Road Map” to Be Announced by SRSG Bathily
UNSMIL notes false online reports that SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily plans to announce a new road map and to form a new government. This sort of fake news is aimed at generating confusion about the current political process and in particular the role of UNSMIL which is not to impose but …
Libyan parties asked to abide by road map
The president of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, has emphasised the role of the Arab League in urging Libyan parties to adhere to and implement the road map and Security Council resolutions to speed up and further the political process.
Haftar receives the released Jagam and promotes him
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Commander of the Libyan National Army, received the pilot, Amer Al-Jagam, who was released in a prisoner exchange between eastern and western Libya.
Constitutional Track Conference calls for setting a date for elections
The second Constitutional Track Conference called Tuesday on the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) to set a new and final date for holding elections, adding during the Conference’s activities in Tripoli under the slogan “The constitutional basis is the people’s demand” that the final lists of candidates must also published.
Greece to extend territorial waters to 12 nautical miles south, west of Crete, reports local media
Greece plans to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles to the south and west of the island of Crete in March, local media reported on Sunday.
Libya pro-Haftar pilot released in swap for 15 prisoners: reports
Libya’s unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with rival eastern forces, releasing a pilot captured during warlord Khalifa Haftar’s 2019 assault on Tripoli, local media reported on Monday.