The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, led by outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, have honored on Friday a man described as one of the world’s most wanted human traffickers, who was placed under sanctions by the UN Security Council for being directly involved in the sinking of migrant boats.
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The European Parliament called on Libya and Turkey “not to implement any clause” included in the two countries’ bilateral agreement on hydrocarbons, which was signed in Tripoli earlier this month.
Creating a constitutional basis for elections and transparent management of oil revenues were at the center of talks that took place in Cairo on Friday between Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, and U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland.
The U.N. Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, arrived in Tripoli on Friday to formally assume his functions and lead the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
The latest European Commission report on Turkey cites multiple reasons that led to deterioration of bilateral relations including its involvement in Libya.
Spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Tango Bilgic, expressed his country’s refusal to inspect a Turkish ship by a German frigate belonging to IRINI operation off the Libyan coast.
The President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed al-Menfi, left the Algerian capital, Algiers, after meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, concluding a two-day visit accompanied by a number of officials.
The Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, received, today in Algiers, the chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, who arrived in Algiers yesterday at “special invitation” from Tebboune, according to a statement by the Libyan council.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that “Turkey will begin oil and gas explorations in Libyan waters after the recent agreement with the [Dbeibah] Government of National Unity.
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel arrived today in Benghazi in eastern Libya to meet the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, according to multiple press reports.