The Chairman of the Libyan Parliament’s Foreign Committee, Youssef Al-Aqouri, confirmed during his meeting with the British Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, the importance of British companies return to invest in Libya in the oil field and reconstruction.
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The United Kingdom was “alarmed” by the human rights violation documented in the latest report by the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), calling on Libyan authorities to “put an end to these violations and hold perpetrators to account.”
United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and United Kingdom, the lead co-chair of the Security Working Group on Libya this month, hosted a meeting in Tunis on Thursday to discuss the way forward in the security track, the continued implementation of the Ceasefire agreement and the reunification of the Libyan military institutions.
British ambassador to Libya has said her country fully supports the Libya elections-enabling mechanism proposed by the UN envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily, during his briefing to the Security Council last week.
The UK has de-listed former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi, who served under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, according to a financial notice released by the UK government on Friday.
A former JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) investment manager and an ex-Julius Baer banker were sentenced to a total of 11 years by a London court on Monday for defrauding a Libyan sovereign wealth fund out of millions of dollars, Reuters reported.
The General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received on Tuesday, in his office in Benghazi, the British Joint Forces Commander, General Jim Morris.
The British Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, said in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Tuesday, that “Libya’s leaders are failing their country,” indicating her desire for real measures that show that these leaders are “ready to put Libya’s interests first, instead of protecting their own.”
Downing Street believed Nelson Mandela’s attempt to play mediator between it and the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over the question of compensation after the Lockerbie bombing was “unlikely to be helpful”, documents reveal.
British Embassy in Libya said that open and vibrant civil society and freedom of association is crucial for holding elections and supporting a peaceful transition.