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UN Secretary General: Implementing Ceasefire in Libya Requires Meeting of Military Committee 5+5.
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New York, 23 August 2020(Lana) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called implementing the calls for a ceasefire and end of hostilities in Libya which were made by the Head of the Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj and the Speaker of Parliament Ageela Saleh on Friday. Guterres expressed hope that all Libyan parties would honour the calls for an immediate ceasefire, and implement it in an urgent fashion through the UN- led Military Committee 5+5. In a statement attributed to his Spokesman and published on the UN official website, the UN Secretary General welcomed a... Read more
Greek-German Talks on Developments in Libya.
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Athens, 23 August 2020(Lana) Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is expected to meet here on Tuesday his German Counterpart Heiko Maas before the un-official meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Berlin on August 27. The Ministers are expected to discuss developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, relations between the EU and Russia and Libya. =... Read more
German Foreign Ministry Calls for Meeting of Libyan Military Committee 5+5.
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Berlin, 23 August 2020(Lana) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has invited parties to the Military Committee 5+5 to an urgent meeting, to put in place a ceasefire that was announced on Friday. In a statement published by the German Foreign Ministry Maas said 'we very warmly welcome an announcement of an agreement by the Libyan President of Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj and the Speaker of Parliament Ageela Saleh, which is an important development towards a political solution to the faltering Libyan conflict.' A possible lift of the oil blockage and fair distribution of... Read more
The Algerian authorities open their border crossing with Libya to evacuate their stranded citizens.
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Algeria August 19, 2020 (LANA) - The Algerian authorities temporarily opened their border crossing with Libya to allow entry of 17 of their stranded citizens, some of whom were on a work assignment for an oil drilling company. The stranded returned across the border crossing in Debdab , on Tuesday, as part of the evacuation of Algerians abroad due to the closure of air and land space to travelers following the outbreak of the Corona virus, according to the statement of the administrative district of Debdab. They were transferred to quarantine as a preventive measure,... Read more
The Minister of Interior discusses with the Attorney General in Charge of Conducting Criminal Investigations.
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Tripoli, August 19, 2020 (LANA) - Fathi Bashagha, Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord, discussed with Counselor Ibrahim Masoud Ali, Chargé d'Affairs General Prosecutor, the problems and difficulties hindering the functioning of the investigations section of the Attorney General's office, which hinder the performance of its duties to the fullest extent. This came during a visit by Bashagha, on Tuesday, to the Attorney General's office, during which he was received by Acting Attorney General Counselor Ibrahim Masoud Ali and Counselor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour,... Read more