UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, informed Member of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC), Abdullah al-Lafi, of his aspiration for the Council to play its role in a comprehensive political process based on national ownership and leading to presidential and parliamentary elections.
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The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, sent on Sunday a medical aid convoy to the eastern city of Al-Marj after a mild earthquake hit the city several times last week.
The Deputy Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, held a meeting today with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the African Union summit.
More than 1,300 irregular migrants have reached Italy’s Lampedusa island over the past two days, local media reported on Saturday.
Italian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a Syrian citizen accused of attempting to ship to Libya and Saudi Arabia 14 tons of Captagon and three tons of hashish, which were seized in 2020 in the port of Salerno.
Libyan leaders and foreign parties, especially Egypt and Turkey, must understand that the solution of the Libyan crisis is in their hands, said the former United Nations envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams.
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has emphasized the importance of the agreement signed between the federations of chambers of commerce in Palestine and Libya to promote trade exchange between the two countries.
Algeria has renewed its rejection of the “logic of force in resolving the Libyan crisis”, condemning the persistence of foreign interference in the internal affairs of this country and “the involvement of a number of external parties in violation of the embargo on weapons”.
Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ahmed Abu Zaid, announced the release of six Egyptians detained in Libya, where an armed group demanded paying sums of money for their release, prompting their families to appeal to the Egyptian authorities to intervene.
The White House has extended the national emergency declared in 2011 and expanded in 2016, with respect to Libya, to continue in effect beyond February 25, 2023.