UN Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, met in Tunis Saturday with Yael Lempert, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.
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The U.S. Embassy in Libya has announced that it “fully supports the temporary freezing of oil revenues in the National Oil Corporation account at the Libyan Foreign Bank until there is agreement on a revenue management mechanism.”
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Thursday in a volatile week as economic and recession fears hobbled global financial markets, outweighing supply concerns and geopolitical tensions in Europe.
US Agency for International Development (USAID) updated international and Libyan partners this week on its support for the General Electricity Company of Libya GECOL’s electricity grid stabilization and forecast for summer 2022 power generation, according to US Embassy in Libya.
The U.S. Embassy in Libya said that responsible Libyan leaders must recognize that the shutdown harms Libyans throughout the country and has repercussions across the global economy, and should end it immediately.
The US-Libya Business Association (USLBA) hosted US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland for a roundtable meeting in Washington, DC on April 21 to discuss current political and economic events impacting US-Libya ties, according to USLBA.
U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary, Eric Meyer, discussed with Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor Saddiq ElKabir on Tuesday joint efforts to enhance transparency at the CBL, especially in public spending.
High-powered American Democratic lobbyist and political operative Tony Podesta has returned to currying influence under President Joe Biden’s administration and is growing his slate of lobbying clients, most recently registering as a foreign agent working to further the interests of Libya’s government, said the Washington-based Open Secrets organization.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Wednesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Washington, D.C., where they noted support for Libya’s UN-facilitated political process leading to elections, according to US State Department.
Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Siddiq al-Kabir and Ali al-Hibri, briefed US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, on the progress made in the reunification of the Bank, CBL said in a statement on Saturday.