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Richard Norland, the U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, wants to postpone Libya’s presidential elections, which is scheduled to be held on December 24 along with the parliamentary elections, sources close to the Libyan National Army (LNA) told The Libya Update.

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The United States has proposed dividing the Libyan presidential elections into two rounds, according to which, the first round of  presidential elections would take place on 24 December, along with parliamentary elections, and then a second and final round on 15 September 2022, according to The Africa Report.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday discussed with the Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns ways to enhance security and intelligence cooperation between the two countries, according to a statement by the Egyptian Presidency spokesman Bassam Reda.

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Libyan Economy Minister, Muhammad al Hawij, spoke of the possibility of the “safe” return of U.S. companies to Libya, to complete the pending projects, following a meeting with some representatives of the United States Chamber of Commerce. 

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Former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has called on the United States to enforce “stiff and immediate sanctions against anyone who tries to obstruct the country’s electoral process, even if those individuals currently hold positions in the Libyan state.”

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The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on Friday to discuss “regional priorities”, including developments in Tunisia, Libya, and the Sahel, according to a statement by the U.S. State Department.

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The United States Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, spoke on the phone on Friday with the leader of Libya’s Toubou Congress, Issa Abdul Majeed Mansour, to discuss the problems facing the economic recovery of the country’s southern region, said the US Embassy in Libya on Saturday.

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Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini, the commander of the European Union’s Operation IRINI, discussed his “assessment of the overall strategic and security situation in and around Libya” with a number of Libya, European and American officials during his visit to Washington and New York last week, according to a statement by the Operation IRINI.

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The American company Infinera and Libya’s Hatif signed a contract on Monday for a project to upgrade Libya’s telecommunications fiber optic network, during a ceremony that took place in Tripoli, according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Libya.

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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, held talks on Monday with U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland and representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Tripoli to discuss “economic opportunities for Libyans”, according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Libya.

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