Richard Norland, the U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, commemorated on Saturday the September 11 attacks as well as the 2012 Benghazi attack, which led to the killing of former U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
Former Education Minister Othman Abdel Jalil told the press on Saturday that he rejects the proposal of dividing the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections into two phases, calling for holding both simultaneously.
Vise President of the former Government of National Accord (GNA), Ahmed Maiteeq, said the law to elect the president directly from the people is a positive step that pushes towards the establishment of a stable political and economic environment and the unification of divided institutions.
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Khaled al-Meshri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, arrived in Ankara on Thursday, where he met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday, where he met with the country’s president Kais Saied, following the recent strain in bilateral relations.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush arrived in the Egyptian capital on Thursday, where she will take part in the Arab League ministerial meeting today.
Thirteen political parties in Libya welcomed on Thursday the decision of the House of Representatives to pass a law, which sets the criteria and conditions for presidential candidacy.
Libya’s House of Representatives will convene a session next Monday to review and discuss the responses made by the government during yesterday’s parliamentary questioning, House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq said on Wednesday.
Talal Al-Maihoub, a Libyan member of parliament, accused Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh of deliberately avoiding to nominate a defense minister, and questioned the government’s motives behind its reluctance to allocate a budget amendment for the Libyan National Army (LNA).