Mohammed Al-Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council, held talks on Sunday with the Chief of the General Staff of the western Libya forces, Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Haddad, to discuss “strengthening the role of the military institution in maintaining security, and extending state control, especially in the border crossings,” according to a statement by the council.
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Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush held talks on Sunday with her Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi.
The United Nations will send needs assessment team to Libya in June to review preparations for elections, revealed Taher El-Sonni, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Libya to the UN, on Saturday.
Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Saturday the House will not accept that the Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, supervises the elections which is planned by the end of the year.
The government appointed by the House of Representatives will hold tomorrow its first meeting since the suspension of its prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, last week.
The leaders of G7 nations called on Libya to hold presidential elections by the end of this year, working with the African Union, Arab League and United Nations toward the long-delayed goal.
Benghazi Mayor, Saqr Bojwari, discussed with the Czech Ambassador to Libya, Jan Vyčítal, the support provided by the latter’s government represented in equipment in the field of food and drug control.
A liaison team of the Government of National Unity presented to presented the U.N. Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily a cooperation proposal in support of the electoral process today.
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.
“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.