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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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Mohammed al-Menfi, the chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, and French Ambassador Beatrice du Hellene discussed on Thursday the upcoming general elections in December, withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries out of Libya and unification of the country’s military institution.

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The United Nations Security Council concluded its ministerial-level meeting on Libya today by demanding the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries out of Libya and expressing support to the Libyan authorities charged with leading the country up to the national elections in December 24.

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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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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and her Russian counterpart Dmitry Polyanskiy stressed upon the necessity to hold the Libyan general elections on December 24 during a Security Council meeting on Libya today.

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Ján Kubiš, the U.N. Special Envoy to Libya, told the Security Council that Libya would “slip back into violence and chaos” if the presidential and parliamentary elections in December were to be disrupted.

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Libyan journalist Mahmud El-Forjani said the absence of Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush from the Security Council session held today to discuss the situation in Libya “is a fault committed by the National Unity Government headed by Abdel Hamid Dabaiba.”

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