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Libyan nominal Prime Minister Faiez Serraj backed by the international community has been invited by President Trump’s administration to visit Washington, few days after Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni urged the U.S. to play more roles in solving Libya’s political puzzle, London-based Qatari media The New Arab has learned. A senior source in the Government of […]
Rome is driving its own peace initiative to help rival Libyan camps to end distrust and rebuild the country as the UN-backed unity government struggles to impose its authority. High key talks between Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj-led Government of National Accord (GNA) and rival Beida-based government supported by Trobruk-based Parliament have taken place in Tunis […]
French, Spanish and British ambassadors visited Tripoli Thursday in a show of support and announced return of their respective missions in the Libyan capital wherefrom they pulled out in 2014 as insecurity engulfed the city. Antoine Sivan, Peter Millet and Antonio Bordallo, respectively French, British and Spanish envoys to Libya arrived in Tripoli to meet […]
17 countries including UN Security Council, EU, African Union, Arab League Sunday in Rome pledged full support to the UN-proposed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and urged Libya political sides to anoint the National Dialogue Agreement on Wednesday as they indicated themselves last week in Tunis. “We fully recognize and support the Libya Political […]
Italian Foreign Minister Wednesday announced that Rome would host an international conference to find solutions to the Libyan crisis and to draw plans to disrupt IS hold on the North African country. Paolo Gentiloni told Italian Parliament Wednesday Rome would host an international conference on the Italian former colony. According to Gentiloni, the conference would […]
On the heels of the barbaric acts committed by ISIS in Sirte over the weekend, Italian foreign minister called on the international community to take quick actions to ensure that Libya does not become “another Somalia” reference to a “failed state.” “We will find ourselves with another Somalia two steps from our coasts,” said the […]
After their first tripartite meeting in April, Algeria, Egypt and Italy held a second meeting in Cairo over the weekend and concern about the situation in Libya was on top of the agenda as the three countries continue to witness consequences of the war within their borders. The meeting between the Egyptian, Algerian and Italian […]