The United Nations and France have reaffirmed on Sunday “the importance of finalizing the constitutional basis” to Libya’s presidential and parliamentary elections “as soon as possible,” according to the French Embassy in Libya.
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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh held a meeting on Saturday with France’s Special Envoy to Libya, Paul Soler, in Tripoli for discussion on “political developments” and “unifying efforts to hold elections in Libya”, according to a statement by Dbeibeh’s media office.
The Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Ali Mahmoud Hassan, has accused Belgium’s Prince Laurent of blackmailing him in a failed attempt to recover €50 million Laurent claims he is owed by the Libyan Ministry for Agriculture.
Dialogue between Egypt and Turkey has stopped because the latter showed no signs in changing its policies about Libya, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, said on Friday that his executive authority is a “fundamental part of the last transitional stage before going to the elections”.
Airbus confirmed on Friday it is negotiating a new bribery settlement with French authorities over past dealings in Libya and Kazakhstan on top of record fines agreed in 2020.
The government of Fathi Bashagha, designated by the House of Representatives, welcomed on Saturday the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2656.
The countries of the P3 + 2 + 2 format have confirmed their support for the efforts of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, to promote elections in country during series of talks in Britain.
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a year, till October 31, 2023.
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, will conduct an official visit to Libya from 11 to 20 December 2022, announced the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).