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Russia has welcomed the decision of the head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Faiez Serraj, to retract his resignation arguing that the move will prevent Libya from sliding into political uncertainty. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Libya Observer notes, has indicated that Serraj at the beginning conditioned his resignation to a solution and new […]
A third round of talks between Libyan delegations from the Tripoli-based High Council of State and the Parliament of Tobruk was held in Bouznika, Morocco, this Nov. 4-5. The consultation session is part of the Libyan parties’ preparation for discussions set later this month in Tunisia. In a joint statement read out at the end […]
Libya is believed to be the second Arab country to open shortly a consulate in the Saharan Moroccan city of Laayoune after the United Arab Emirates, dealing another setback to the Polisario and the Algerian regime. According to local Assabah daily, all necessary measures and preparations have been made for the opening of this new […]
Operations onshore Libya’s Sirte Basin were transferred by Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft (WIAG) to Sarir Oil Operations (SOO), a newly established joint operating company with the National Oil Corporation (NOC). The transfer concerns operatorship of Contract Areas 91 (former Concession 96) and 107 (former Concession 97), wintershall said in a press release. After the signing of two […]
Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has agreed, after a deal with Moscow, to release two Russian alleged spies arrested last year in Libya for working on behalf of Saif al-Islam, son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, Bloomberg reports. Maxim Shugaley and Samir Seifan, both Russian citizens, have been in custody since May last year […]
Qatar and the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli have signed a security cooperation agreement in Doha, Qatari media outlets report. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a Libyan governmental delegation’s visit to Doha. The delegation conferred with Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in […]
The Moroccan government has welcomed the cease-fire agreement signed lately by the Libyan warring factions in Geneva under the United Nations auspices. This is a “very positive development” and “very good news”, said Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita at a joint press briefing held on Saturday in Rabat with Speaker of the Libyan House of […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita stressed the pre-eminence of the UN-brokered agreement in Skhirate in 2015 as a political way out of the Libyan in-fighting. The Skhirate Agreement should serve as a basis for political talks between the Libyan rivals, Bourita told the press after talks in Rabat with head of Libya’s High Council of […]
Direct talks between two opposing Libyan delegations began this Monday, October 19 in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. Ten members of the military and security commission, representing the Government of National Unity (Tripoli) and the Libyan National Army (Benghazi), are to continue talks until October 24 to achieve a lasting ceasefire in […]
Following the dissemination of the declassified part of the emails of Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, a large controversy invades the African countries concerned, including Libya. The content of emails deleted by Hillary Clinton in 2016 concerns the origin of the 2011 revolution, at the time of the Arab Spring, visibly […]