The Association of Italian Returnees from Libya (AIRL) applauded the efforts of the Italian Embassy in Tripoli to resuming direct flights between Italy and Libya, which the association says would have a “strategic and symbolic value”, Italian news agency Nova reports.
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“The stabilization of Libya is essential,” Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told his country’s joint Foreign Affairs and Defense committees of the Chamber and Foreign Affairs of the Senate on Thursday.
The company said in a statement that it will operate one flight per week to the international airport, which is located about eight kilometres from the capital of Tripoli.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush in Jeddah on Wednesday.
The Libyan Parliament Speaker, Aguila Saleh, was briefed on the progress of the work of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC).
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said Kuwait has been supporting stability and security in Libya, out of the deep-rooted ties between the two countries and their peoples.
The head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, chaired a meeting with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi, the Chief of Staff of western Libya’s military forces, Mohamed Haddad, and other military officials to discuss the security situation in the western region, especially along the coast and around the city of Zawiya, according to a statement by the council.
Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, criticized the parliament’s decision on Tuesday to to replace Fathi Bashagha as prime minister, slamming the move as a “political absurdity” in a statement via Twitter.
The 6+6 committee, formed jointly by Libya’s House of Representative and High Council for the preparation of electoral laws, will meet in Morocco within a week to continue talks on drafting legislations governing the national elections planned at the end of this year, according to a report by Italian news agency Nova.
A delegation from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, yesterday to discuss arrangements for the reopening of Riyadh’s embassy, which has been closed since 2014.