The head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, chaired a meeting with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi, the Chief of Staff of western Libya’s military forces, Mohamed Haddad, and other military officials to discuss the security situation in the western region, especially along the coast and around the city of Zawiya, according to a statement by the council.
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Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, criticized the parliament’s decision on Tuesday to to replace Fathi Bashagha as prime minister, slamming the move as a “political absurdity” in a statement via Twitter.
The 6+6 committee, formed jointly by Libya’s House of Representative and High Council for the preparation of electoral laws, will meet in Morocco within a week to continue talks on drafting legislations governing the national elections planned at the end of this year, according to a report by Italian news agency Nova.
A delegation from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, yesterday to discuss arrangements for the reopening of Riyadh’s embassy, which has been closed since 2014.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 89 migrants have been intercepted and returned to Libya during the past week.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush arrived in Oman on Sunday evening for a two-day visit, according to a statement by the Omani foreign ministry.
Deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdullah al Lafi, met with the Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces headed by the Government of National Unity of Tripoli (GUN), General Mohamad al Haddad, to follow up the implementation of the anti-crime aimed at putting an end to the presence of illegal armed groups in the coastal city of Zawiya, in the north-west of the country.
Libyan security forces said Sunday they had deployed in Zawiya after battles between armed groups in the western city left three people dead including two civilians, according to medics.
Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, on Sunday payed a visit to Benghazi, during which he met with the Mayor, Saqr Bujwari.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najlaa Mangoush arrived in Doha today where she met with her Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.