The Spokeswoman of Libya’s Presidential Council has praised the international conference held in Tripoli on Thursday as “a positive sign” and “evidence of progress”.
The process of transferring and exchanging Syrian mercenaries from and into Libya has currently stopped, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today.
Candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections would be allowed to formally run in November, Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) announced today.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush said on Friday that the exit of mercenaries and foreign fighters is a prerequisite for Libya’s stability and independence, indicating that competence is the criterion for running for the presidential elections.
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Additional UN observers will be deployed gradually with their Libyan counterparts in Sirte for monitoring ceasefire once the necessary security and logistical arrangements are in place, said Stéphane Dujarric, UN Secretary-General Spokesperson.
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Member of the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC), Al-Hadi Al-Fallah, said the team of international observers who arrived in Libya in accordance with the Geneva Agreement is made up of 10 civilians, in charge of monitoring mercenaries’ exit from the country.
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The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) referred the amended election law to the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), after the recent requested amendments.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security forces.
The Libyan Muslim Brotherhood has decided to rebrand its affiliate political party, the so-called Justice and Construction Party, and rename it “the Democratic Party”.
The United States Embassy in Libya has released a recorded video message of the American Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, to mark one year since the Libyan ceasefire agreement was signed.