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Washington is against allowing Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late leader Muammar Gaddafi, to run for president in the upcoming elections, while Moscow insists on his participation, said Khaled al-Mishri, the chairman of the High Council of State.

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The Libyan presidential elections, set for December 24, have been postponed, revealed Al-Hadi Al-Saghir, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Elections Monitoring.

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Libyan parliamentary delegation continued to hold talks with a number of Turkish stakeholders in Ankara today, according to Abdullah Blehaq, the spokesman of Libya’s House of Representatives.

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Stephanie Williams, the United Nations Envoy to Libya, arrived in Sirte today where she took part in a new round of talks by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee.

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Armed groups besieged the Libyan government’s headquarters Tripoli last night, according to multiple press reports.

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Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council, promised support for Libyan Program for Reintegration and Development after a meeting with the program’s representatives in Tripoli today.

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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush met on Wednesday with her Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome where they discussed “bilateral cooperation, political process and elections and cooperation with U.N. Special Advisor, Stephanie Williams,” according to a statement by the Italian foreign ministry.

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Fawzi Al-Nuwari, Acting Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, met on Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara to discuss “bilateral relations and cooperation”, Libyan lawmaker Issa Al-Araibi told The Libya Update.

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Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, arrived in Misurata today where she met with members of the city’s municipal council and a group of members of House of Representatives and High Council of State from the city.

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Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) reviewed on Wednesday the mutual cooperation between the two organizations and prospects of future collaboration.

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