World News: Political News
France, Poland and Germany Stress Need for End of Foreign Interventions in Libya.
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Tripoli, 19 October 2020(Lana) Germany, France and Poland have stressed that there was no military solution to the Libyan crisis, and the need for foreign interventions to stop, and for the existing embargo on weapons to be enforced in full. The three countries said in a joint statement 'EU approval of sanctions against entities violating the embargo was a positive step, and the EU should continue sanctions against violations of the arms embargo, illegal oil exports, and violations of human rights and obstructers of the UN-led political process. =... Read more
IOM: Migrants in Detention Centres in Libya Are Most Vulnerable to Infectious Disease.
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Tripoli, 19 October 2020(Lana) The International Organisation of Migration has said that migrants in detention centres in Libya are the most vulnerable to infectious diseases like Covid 19 because of overcrowding and poor conditions. In a statement it issued on Saturday, IOM said it had offered training on infection prevention control IPC and management of Covid 19 infected people to 25 providers at detention centres in Tripoli, Al Zawiyah, Zwara, and Dhaher Al Jabal to help prevent a spread of infectious diseases. IOM also offered, in coordination with the National... Read more
Blomberg: Libya is Home to Africa's Largest Crude Reserves.
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Washington, 18 October 2020(Lana) The American Bloomberg agency has said that Libya has increased its daily oil production to 500000 bpd, following restart of production. the leading energy news agency said despite the fact that the North African state is exempted from restrictions on production imposed by OPEC in May to boost prices , its production plummeted by 35% this year. The agency said Al Sharara, the country's largest oil fields pumps 110 bpd. The halt of war led to re-opening of fields and terminals in the east last month, after a closure of oil... Read more
Giuseppe Conte: We have Interests in Libya, But We Are no Party to Proxy War There.
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Rome, 18 October 2020(Lana) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Saturday his country supported a political solution to the Libyan crisis. 'Italy has its interests in Libya now, as it has been before, and it did not wish to take part in the fighting in Libya, Conte said in press statements, asserting that his country was not party in the proxy war there. Conte stressed the importance of dialogue with Turkey over the Libyan crisis and other issues, because it is playing a key a strategic role in Libya and other area and in the areas of energy, migration and. =... Read more
EU Imposes Travel Restrictions of Libyan Personalities and Freezes Assts of Libyan Persons and Entities.
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Brussels, The EU on Saturday disclosed that Libyan personalities have been placed under travel ban, while the assets of others and entities have been frozen. The Head of EU Mission in Libya Jose Antonio Sadabel said 'the EU has placed a total of 16 persons under travel embargo, in addition to 20 others and 19 entities under assets freeze. The EU said it was prepared to use its own sanctions regime to push for a peaceful process, and to deter actions that had been committed in the past and now which threaten peace and stability in Libya and obstruct peaceful transition in... Read more