UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, reviewed on Tuesday with the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Nabil Ammar, the developments of the political settlement in Libya.
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The Minister of Economy, Mohamed Al-Hawij, held a meeting on Sunday with Tunisia’s Ambassador to Libya Asaad Al-Ajili, at the ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli.
The Tunisian coastguard said Sunday it had intercepted overnight more than 400 migrants trying to reach Europe by sea in 16 separate operations off the North African country’s coast.
The first voyage for passengers from the port of Tripoli to the commercial port of Zarzis in southern Tunisia docked on Monday.
A cruise line between Libya and Tunisia was launched on Sunday for the first time in over 11 years.
Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush spoke on the phone yesterday with her Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar to congratulate him on his new role as successor to Othman Jerandi after the latter was dismissed by the Tunisian presidency on February 7.
The size of trade between Tunisia and Libya reached 2.911 billion dinars (866 million euros) at the end of 2022, an increase of 50 percent compared to 2021, according to Italian news agency Nova.
Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh received on Sunday Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, who conveyed greetings of Tunisian President Qais Saeed and his keenness to promote stability in Libya and its return to its normal role, according to Dbeibeh’s Media Office.
At least 5 African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Saturday.
The Tunisian navy have obstructed an attempted smuggling of medicines by sea allegedly headed for Libya.