The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Fawzi Al-Nuwari, held talks on Wednesday with chairman of the High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri at the parliament’s office in Tripoli.
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The United Nations has concerns over the tensions between Greece and Turkey in light of the latter’s deal with Libya on the Mediterranean borders, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq told reporters during briefing on Tuesday.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday 174 asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya to Niger with the help of the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) and welcomed at the airport by UNHCR team in Niger.
The Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, and the Algerian, Abdel-Majid Tebboune, agreed on the need to push for holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya as soon as possible, in their meeting on the sidelines of the Arab summit held in Algeria.
The federal government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday, said it evacuated 117 irregular Nigerian migrants from Libya, according to News Agency of Nigeria.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush discussed the situation in the country with U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael Lempert, during a meeting today on the sidelines of Arab League Council summit in Algeria.
Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) is planning to increase the country’s oil production to 2 million barrels per day between 3 to 5 years, announced the company’s chief Farhat Bengdara on Tuesday.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, announced on Monday that his government plans to reopen border with Sudan.
The Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Walid Al-Lafi, held talks on Monday with U.N. Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, on the sidelines of preparatory meetings for the Arab League Council summit in Algeria.
After obtaining the approval of the Libyan authorities, the new Russian ambassador will be ordered to begin his duties, announced Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Monday.