The Libyan Red Crescent announced today that it recovered a dead body on the seashore of Sabratah, located 70 km west of Tripoli.
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Deputy Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi concluded his visit to Tokyo, with the Minister of Oil and Gas in the Government of National Unity Mohamed Aoun, which focused on strengthening cooperation between the two countries and encouraging the return of Japanese economic activities and companies to Libya, according to a statement by the council.
The Head of the High Council of State, Mohamed Takala, and the Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah announced their acceptance of the invitation of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, to hold a national dialogue among the Libyan parties. The announcement came after Dbeibah’s meeting with Takala on Thursday.
U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Ambassador Richard Norland, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Africa Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Joshua Harris, and U.S. Embassy to Libya Chargé d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt were pleased to meet with Deputy Minister of Transport for Air Transport Affairs, Khaled Swessi, “to reaffirm U.S. support for strengthening Libya’s civil aviation sector and airport security,” according to US Embassy in Libya.
The National Conference on Crises, Disasters and Risks has been launched on Saturday in Benghazi under the slogan “Effective Crisis Management for a Safe Society.”
UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, on Friday said he met with Italian Ambassador Gianluca Alberini, where they reviewed the current political developments in the country.
General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, accompanied by the Prime Minister, Osama Hammad, on Friday toured the flood-hit Derna city to inspect the reconstruction projects implemented by Hammad’s government.
U.S. diplomats, led by Ambassador Richard Norland, has met with Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor, Siddiq al-Kabir, to review progress toward a coordinated, transparent approach to funding reconstruction in Derna and other flood-affected areas, with technical support from international institutions, according to Norland.
Libya’s deadly flash flood in September constituted a climate and environmental catastrophe that requires $1.8 billion in reconstruction and recovery, an international report said on Wednesday.
Denmark’s defence ministry said it would launch a review after evidence emerged showing its air force participated in airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011, the first time any of the 10 countries involved in the Nato bombing campaign has acknowledged a possible link to non-combatant casualties.