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Libyan Peace settlement final roadmap will be adopted in New York according to diplomats close to the Dialogue who also indicated that the Dialogue protagonists are expected to attend the UN General Assembly Thursday and Friday. A western diplomat indicated that the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, the General National Congress in Tripoli and […]
The parliament of the Libyan Islamist government in Tripoli has reportedly been attacked while in a session to discuss the draft UN-brokered text that is meant to end the war in the country with the formation of a Unity government. The General National Congress (GNC) was attacked when its members were in session in the […]
Libya’s political Dialogue process is nowhere near over yet. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives (HoR) rejected the amendments introduced at the request of the General National Congress (GNC) to the July Draft initialed in Morocco and pulled out its negotiation team for consultation. The HoR based in Tobruk announced the rejection of Leon’s reviewed […]
UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon Sunday handed to the Libyan political antagonists present at the Skhirat round of talks a new draft incorporating the amendments demanded by the General National Congress (GNC) of Tripoli. The new draft is a reviewed form of the July draft that was initialled by several Libyan factions including the House of […]
The Turkey-backed Libyan General National Congress surprisingly announced it will take part in the Libyan Dialogue process due to continue this Thursday in the Swiss city of Geneva after it had earlier dismissed the UN envoy’s invite to return to talks. The GNC said it would be present in Geneva after it managed to re-organize […]
Libya’s internationally recognised Parliament Tuesday sent a list of its nominees for the post of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in the future Government of National Accord to UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon. The House of Representatives (HoR) of the internationally recognised government operating from Tobruk finally sent its list of 12 nominees to the […]
The Libyan Dinar has plummeted further over the week-end against foreign currencies on the black market now appearing as the only available FOREX market for most Libyans desiring to buy foreign currency owing to lack of central regulatory body. The Libyan Dinar in Tripoli is trading much lower as the one Libyan Dinar is trading […]
A Libyan official denied Wednesday that Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni had officially resigned from his position. Abdullah al-Thinni, the internationally recognized Libyan Premier surprisingly offered to resign in a televised debate on Tuesday as the political protagonists of the Libyan crisis were meeting in Geneva in the framework of a new UN round of talks […]
After failing to reach an agreement on several occasions, the latest deadline announced by U.N’s special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has been termed as “crucial” because of the legal consequences that might follow. He said the Libyan parties at the ongoing negotiations which started on Tuesday in Geneva should work towards sealing an agreement […]
UN Special mission for the Libyan crisis said Thursday it will be convening Libyan political protagonists for another round of dialogue on Monday. Nearly two months after the UN-brokered draft accord was initialed, Libyan political factions will meet on Monday to decide on who will lead them as Prime Minister and on the two personalities […]