Some €96 million linked to blood relatives of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and held by a Maltese bank must be returned to the conflict-ridden Libyan state following a ruling by Malta’s courts on Tuesday.

The United States and four European countries have called on Libyan leaders to accelerate the establishment of a legal basis for holding elections in the war-torn country, Anadolu Agency reports.

Libya’s Presidential Council will intervene to determine the legal framework for the country’s electoral process if the leaders of the House of Representatives and High Council of State fail to do so during their upcoming negotiations this week.

President of the Presidency Council, Mohamed Menfi and his two deputies in the Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi and Moussa Al-Koni inaugurated the strategic vision of the National Reconciliation Project.

The Head of the Presidential Council (PC), Muhammad Menfi, has reiterated the council’s readiness to adopt any proposal that contributes to resolving the political stalemate in Libya.

The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity and Minister of Defense Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, has met with the Chief of the General Staff, Mohammed Al-Haddad, stressing the need to maintain the security of the capital Tripoli and the safety of its residents.

The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, met in Cairo on Wednesday with the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh, the Presidential Council’s spokeswoman Najwa Weheba said, adding that they had discussed the need for the success of constitutional talks in Cairo between the HoR and …

Members of the House of Representatives and High Council of State continue to hold constitutional talks in Egypt for the second day, as part of U.N.-mediated efforts to establish legal framework for general elections in Libya.

The Presidential Council (PC), in its capacity as the Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, has given the ministers of defence and interior three days to submit a report on the armed clashes that took place in the capital Tripoli on Friday night.

The member of the High Council of State (HCS) Belqassim Gazit, said the HCS supports the mediation of the Presidential Council (PC) between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and Fathi Bashagha’s government.