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Koury expresses UNSMIL's willingness to facilitate a discussion to reach a consensual agreement on CBL's leadership.
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Benghazi, 28 August 2024 (Lana) Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Koury, discussed on Monday in Benghazi with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar the latest political and security developments, particularly regarding the Central Bank of Libya (CBL). “We both recognized the need for an urgent resolution to this emerging crisis,” Koury said in a. ... Read more
UNSMIL to convene an emergency meeting for all parties involved in the CBL crisis.
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Tripoli, 27 August 2024 (Lana) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Libya resulting from unilateral decisions, believing that continuing with unilateral actions will come at a high cost for the Libyan people to resolve the protracted crisis and risks precipitating the country's financial and economic collapse. In its statement issued yesterday, the mission announced its intention to convene an emergency meeting for... Read more
“The need of the HoR and the HCS to agree on the position of the Governor of the CBL,” Koury says.
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Benghazi, 27 August 2024 (Lana), Acting Head of the UNSMIL, Stephanie Koury, reiterated the UNSMIL’s commitment to support the efforts to reach solutions that protect the status of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and its international credit rating. During her meeting with Khalifa Haftar yesterday, she also stressed the need for the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) to agree on the position of the Governor of CBL, noting that the mission will exert its efforts... Read more
“All options are open to protect national sovereignty,” Douma says.
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Benghazi 27 August 2024 (Lana) Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Mosbah Douma, said that all options are open to protect and defend what remains of national sovereignty. This came in a statement published by the Spokesman for the HoR, Abdullah Belihaq, coinciding with the ongoing crisis of changing the management of the Central Bank. "Douma" attributed this position to the critical circumstances that the country is going through,... Read more
Tunisian-Libyan Business Council: the CBL’s crisis has an effect on the economic exchanges with Tunisia.
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Tunis, 26 August 2024 (Lana): Head of the Tunisian-Libyan Business Council, Abdel Hafeez Al-Sakroufi, said that the crisis of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has an effect on the economic exchanges, with Tunisia expressing his concern about the continuation of this crisis. Al-Sakroufi said that the documentary credits opened by banks to manage trade deals have been suspended since the beginning of the CBL’s crisis. He also affirmed that the delay in... Read more
