Tunisia: Strengthening Commercial Ties with Russia

Tunisia and Russia are fostering their bilateral relationships with the visit of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the country. Discussions behind closed doors will be dominated by trade and commercial topics after trade between the two countries dropped during last year. Despite the immense attention that the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine has attracted, […]

Libya: Dialogue reaches final stages amid deep uncertainty

Libya peace talks to lead to a unified government are drawing towards the end-of-August deadline suggested by UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon while deep divisions among the rival factions still persist. With the United Nations-supported political dialogue process in Libya nearing its last stages, “time is running out” for leaders on all sides and at all […]

Germany reiterates support for Autonomy Plan as a “very good basis” for settlement of dispute over Sahara

Germany reiterated, on Thursday, its support for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara, presented in 2007, as a “serious and credible” effort by the Kingdom and a “very good basis for a solution accepted by the parties.” Head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, reiterated Germany’s “long-standing support for the UN-led process for a realistic, […]