Informed sources have reported that the talks currently taking place in Geneva between the presidency of the Libyan House of Representatives and the State Council are stumbling and could fail due to the two parties’ disagreement over the issue of the candidacy of Libya dual nationals in any upcoming elections.
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A Maltese court has ordered Bank of Valletta (BOV) to return over 90 million euro linked to the son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said he contacted with Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh, after the latter’s arrival in Geneva to meet with High State Council Chairman Khaled al-Mishri, where the Prime Minister confirmed his government’s support for the meeting.
Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, discussed with the British ambassador the role of the United Kingdom in supporting stability and elections in Libya, according to Dbeibeh’s media office.
British Embassy in Libya called Saturday on Libyan authorities to hold accountable those responsible about political activist Salwa Bougaighis’ murder 8 years ago in Benghazi.
France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States has welcomed “the progress made in the talks between the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) and High Council of State (HCS) in Cairo facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL),” according to the US Department of State.
Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, announced Thursday his approval of the proposal of the Oil Minister, Mohamed Aoun, to change the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), headed by Mustafa Sanalla.
Government sources said Imad Trabelsi, commander of the Public Security Service in Tripoli, and Ghaniwa al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Force, received an amount of 30 million dinars (about $7 million) from the Central Bank of Libya on Tuesday at the direction of outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has confirmed that House of Representatives Speaker and High Council of State Head had accepted her invitation to meet at UN Office in Geneva on 28-29 June to discuss constitutional framework for Libya elections.
The Libyan Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, welcomed Wednesday the Saudi-Egyptian joint statement on Libya, issued after the meeting of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Crown Price Mohamed bin Salman on Tuesday in Cairo.