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Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday on the margins of the Turkish-African Relations summit in Istanbul, according to a statement by the Presidential Council.

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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.

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Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, the Acting Speaker of Libyan parliament, held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu yesterday on the margins of Turkish-African Relations summit in Istanbul.

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Stephanie Williams, the United Nations Envoy to Libya, arrived in Benghazi on Friday afternoon, sources told The Libya Update.

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Washington is against allowing Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late leader Muammar Gaddafi, to run for president in the upcoming elections, while Moscow insists on his participation, said Khaled al-Mishri, the chairman of the High Council of State.

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The Libyan presidential elections, set for December 24, have been postponed, revealed Al-Hadi Al-Saghir, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Elections Monitoring.

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Libyan parliamentary delegation continued to hold talks with a number of Turkish stakeholders in Ankara today, according to Abdullah Blehaq, the spokesman of Libya’s House of Representatives.

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Stephanie Williams, the United Nations Envoy to Libya, arrived in Sirte today where she took part in a new round of talks by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee.

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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Thursday that 648 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 14 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 7 others died of the virus, while 853 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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Armed groups besieged the Libyan government’s headquarters Tripoli last night, according to multiple press reports.

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