The U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt, held talks on Monday with UAE Ambassador Mohammed Al-Shamsi, said the U.S. Embassy in Libya on Tuesday.
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The death of 61 people, who drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libyan shores during the night between 14 and 15 December, is “the direct result of Europe’s migration policies”, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
“One group of unwilling officials clinging to their seats must not be allowed to fail the people of Libya and put the region at the risk of further chaos,” Abdoulaye Bathily, UN Special Representative for Libya, told ambassadors on the Security Council on Monday.
UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, will brief the Security Council about the situation the country today.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh discussed with the mayor of the Municipality of Sebha, Belhaj Ali, the ways to launch development projects in the Fezzan region (of which Sebha is the capital) and satisfy the basic needs of the University and the city’s medical center.
The Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency of Tobruk Branch announced on Sunday, the deportation of seven Egyptian immigrants to their country through the Amsaad-Al-Salloum crossing border.
Libya’s Minister of Economy and Trade, Muhammad Al-Huwayj, and U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, met in Tunis on Saturday for discussion on “potential political and economic reforms,” according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
The International Organization of Migration (IOM) held a workshop in Benghazi today, which focused on internal displaced peoples (IDPs).
A militia funded by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has been accused of smuggling tons of gold from the city of Misurata to Turkey, according to multiple press reports.
The U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt, held talks on Sunday with Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddiq ElKabeer, in which they discussed “the importance of the CBL’s technocratic integrity and independence in managing #Libya’s financial resources, including for the critical issue of flood reconstruction,” according to a statement by the American embassy.