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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.

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.

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.