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The General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, affirmed LNA support for all efforts made to make the presidential and parliamentary elections successful on December 24, calling on the international community and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to provide support for these efforts that would help the Libyan people to reach what they aspire to.
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A virtual meeting of the Proposals Bridging Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) will be convened by the U.N. Mission in Libya on 16 and 17 July to to “reconcile the differences among the LPDF members over key outstanding issues” and “construct a compromise draft constitutional basis” for the upcoming elections in December, the U.N. Mission announced on Thursday.

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Mustafa Arhouma and Hatem Al-Awami, advisers to the Minister of Health, held an emergency meeting in Benghazi today to discuss enhancing the capacity of health care centers and establishing new measure to combat Coronavirus, in the wake of a new wave of outbreak in the country.

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Libya recorded on Thursday 2,555 new cases of COVID-19, while one person was recorded to have died and 372 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).

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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio denied on Wednesday claims that his government is providing funds for the Libyan Coast Guard, after several NGOs called for Italian funding to be halted due to human rights violations committed by Libya’s guard.

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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, told the Security Council on Thursday that the presence of foreign forces and mercenaries poses a threat to the peace process in the country, calling on the international community to aid his government in its effort to unify the country’s military institution.

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