Libya’s National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to launch a vaccination campaign for migrants held in a number of detention centers across the country.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Presidential Council chairman Mohamed Al-Menfi held a joint meeting today in Tripoli, where they reviewed the government’s latest projects regarding youth, women, public services and COVID-19 vaccination.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow, where they discussed ways to advance bilateral cooperation, as well as international and regional issues of common concern.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron had bilateral talks at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia on Wednesday.
Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI has monitored 36 suspicious flights over Libya last month and issued 7 recommendations of inspection of suspected vessels in EU Member States’ ports.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Wednesday that 692 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 14 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 10 others died of the virus, while 1,324 have recovered during the same reporting period.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in Paris today that there is a risk of renewed violence and instability if Libyan elections on December 24 were to be cancelled.
Tatneft restarts operations on oilfields in Libya, suspended in 2014 because of hostilities in the country, Assistant to General Director Vasily Mozgovoi said at an online conference with investors on Wednesday.