Saddek El Kaber, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), will be in Washington next month for talks with U.S. officials, announced the American embassy on Sunday.
Saddek El Kaber, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), held talks on Sunday with U.S. Special and Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Eric Meyer, said the American embassy in Libya.
Saddek El-Kaber, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya, is facing international pressure to cut funding for the Government of National Unity, led by incumbent Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, diplomatic sources told The Libya Update.
Saddek Omar El Kaber, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with British Ambassador Carolin Hurndall to discuss “issues of common interest,” according to a short statement by the bank.
Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, held a meeting on Wednesday with Saddek Elkaber, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), for discussion on the process of unifying the banks eastern and western branches.
Misbah Ouhaida, a member of Libyan Parliament, said that the dispute over who would occupy senior positions of the country’s sovereign institutions, including the Central Bank of Libya, can only be resolved through a vote.
Siddiq al-Kabir, Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) hosted in his office on Sunday a rare meeting of the country’s top officials including Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Chairman of Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of High Council of State Khaled Al-Mishri, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Fawzi Al-Nuwairi.
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Ali Al-Hibri, stated that 50% of the cash reserve has been spent since 2011 due to wars, political conflicts and the government deficit in the general budget.
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Ali Al-Hibri, has accused “the current political class” in Libya of not showing any interest in the future of the country’s economy.
The Economic Working Group of Libya, convened a plenary meeting on 15 December to discuss the progress of reunifying the Central Bank of Libya with Governor Saddek El-Kabir and Deputy Governor Ali El-Hebri, the United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Friday.