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Egypt has asked Turkey to suspend the military agreement signed with Libya as part of conditions to normalize ties between the two countries. Egypt and Turkey held several high-level security and intelligence meetings to thaw ties, strained since 2013 after Ankara cut ties with Cairo in the wake of incumbent Egyptian president Fattah al-Sisi’s military […]
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah launched Sunday the construction of South Oil Refinery, a new plant at Sharara, the country’s largest oil field. Dbeibah signed two decrees at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in capital Tripoli, giving the country’s oil giant right to contract directly and to finance the implementation […]
US envoy to Libya Richard Norland thanked Morocco for facilitating talks between Libyans with a view to preparing for Dec. elections. Rabat hosted last week two-day talks between representatives of the House of Representatives and the High State Council with the participation of UNSMIL as a technical facilitator. “We thank Morocco for its willingness to […]
The UN expressed, on Saturday, its support for the outcome of the consultative meeting, held on Thursday and Friday in Rabat, between the delegations of the Libyan House of Representatives and the High State Council on the legal framework of the upcoming elections in Libya planned for December 24. The United Nations Support Mission in […]
Delegates of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) and the House of Representatives (HoR) started Thursday a two-day meeting in Rabat, Morocco’s capital, to hammer out a consensus on the electoral law ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for next December 24. The participating delegations issued a statement saying the Rabat meeting on […]
The US House of Representatives has passed the ‘‘Libya Stabilization Act’’ (HR 1228) in a move to advance a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Libya and support the people of Libya. Under the act, the US can sanction activities of rebel General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) with respect to Syria (currently under […]
Libya’s deputy Oil and Gas minister Refat Al-Abbar has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah citing personal reasons, Libya Observer reports. Al-Abbar thanked Dbeibah for his trust and said he has been happy to take on the job over the last few months, working on solving problems in the oil and gas sector […]
Mohammed Al-Menfi, head of the Libyan transitional Presidential Council (PC) Thursday said the North African country will organize an international Conference on its security and stability next month ahead of December key elections. Speaking at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Menfi said the conference will also address economic issues. […]
The communication office of the General Khalifa Haftar has indicated that the Egypt-backed retired army commander has stepped down for three months until December 24; dates of the projected elections in war-plagued country. The office in a statement Wednesday said Haftar has appointed Chief of General Staff, Abdelrazik Al-Nathori to replace him from September 24 […]
Morocco reiterated its call for Libyan parties to hold December 24 elections and maintain the well-functioning of state institutions. The call was reiterated by foreign minister Nasser Bourita who was speaking at a news conference with head of Libya’s higher state council Khaled Mechri. Bourita reaffirmed Morocco’s support for dialogue between Libyan parties in order […]