Libya’s House of Representatives will discuss on Monday, October 11, the adjustments requested by the High National Election Commission regarding the elections legislations, HNEC chairman Imad al-Sayeh told the press today.
Imad al-Sayeh, chairman of the High National Election Commission, held talks yesterday in Tripoli with Marc-André Franche, a representative for the U.N. Development Program in Libya, about preparations for the general elections scheduled for December 24.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio held a meeting yesterday in Rome with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra to discuss the political transition process in Libya, according to the Italian foreign ministry.
France believes that it is “in everyone’s interest that Libyans respect their commitment to hold elections by the end of the year,” an Elysée source told Italian newspaper La Repubblica, adding that the European country made a demand to Turkey to “exert all its influence to reach the goal of the vote”.
Due to a crackdown operation in Tripoli last week, numbers of migrants held in Libyan detention centers have tripled, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Wednesday in a press statement.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh invited Qatar to take part in ‘Libya Stability’ conference, which his government is planning to host in Tripoli on October 21.
Human Rights Watch has welcomed the report of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya, which was released three days ago, but called on the United Nations to renew the mission’s mandate in order to further investigate war crime in the country.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), has issued new decrees stipulating appointing a number of undersecretaries at his government’s ministries.
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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Presidential Council chairman Mohamed Al-Menfi held a joint meeting today in Tripoli, where they reviewed the government’s latest projects regarding youth, women, public services and COVID-19 vaccination.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow, where they discussed ways to advance bilateral cooperation, as well as international and regional issues of common concern.