Local News: General News
After a 7-year hiatus, Libyan Airlines resumes its flights to Cairo International Airport.
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Tripoli, October 9, 2021 (LANA) - Libyan Airlines will resume today, Saturday, its flights to Cairo International Airport, after a 7-year hiatus. The Al-Ahram Gate website stated that the first flights are scheduled to take off from Mietiqa International Airport at 11.30 am this morning, when they will arrive at Terminal No. 1 known as the old airport at Cairo International Airport. The website added, quoting sources at Cairo Airport, "Cairo International Airport received a letter from Libyan... Read more
The Joint Military Committee 5 + 5 announces the completion of the procedures for removing mercenaries.
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Geneva, October 8, 2021 (LANA) - The Military Committee (5 + 5) concluded its meetings in Geneva this Friday afternoon and issued a final statement in which it announced that it had completed the preparation of an action plan to remove mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya in a (gradual, simultaneous and balanced) manner. The committee’s final statement stated that “the readiness of local and international monitoring of the ceasefire agreement is necessary before starting the implementation of the plan to remove mercenaries... Read more
Session of talks between the Prime Minister and the Qatari Prime Minister was devoted to working to develop economic and investment relations, and to activate a number of agreements.
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Doha, October 08, 2021 (LANA) The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, "Abdul Hamid Al-Dbaiba", held Thursday evening in the Qatari capital, an expanded session of talks with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh "Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani". The expanded session of talks was attended by the delegation accompanying the prime minister, which includes the governor of the Central Bank of Libya and the head of the Libyan Investment Corporation, as well as a number of ministers in the Qatari. ... Read more
The US ambassador expresses concern that the latest version of the election law is ignorant of the UN Security Council's call for parliamentary and presidential elections on December 24th.
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Tobruk, October 8, 2021 (LANA) - The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Youssef Al-Aqoury, held a virtual meeting with the US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, during which the latest political developments and challenges facing the upcoming elections were discussed. According to the parliament's web page, Al-Aqouri assured the American ambassador that the House of Representatives has carried out the duties entrusted to it and issued the parliamentary and presidential... Read more
Gutierrez, NATO is considering increasing support for the countries of the African Sahel to confront terrorism.
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New York, October 8, 2021 (LANA) - The United Nations said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is considering increasing support for the Group of Five Sahel nations to combat terrorists. In a recent letter to the UN Security Council, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutierrez said that NATO is currently studying options to increase support for the multinational force to combat terrorism in the five Sahel countries. Gutierrez added, in his message, that this support... Read more