World News: Political News
Russia's delegate to the United Nations: The Libyan situation continues to deteriorate and the United Nations should appoint a new envoy.
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New York, July 09, 2020 (Lana) - Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, "Antonio Guterres" to expedite the appointment of a new special envoy to Libya, noting that the situation in Libya continues to deteriorate. "Nebenzia" said during a session of the United Nations Security Council, , Wednesday, that the post of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Libya is still vacant for 4 months, and this undermines the efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement in Libya. The Russian delegate... Read more
Tunisian Ministry of Defense: Four cars coming from Libya were shot and attempted to penetrate across our borders.
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Tunisia, July 09, 2020 (Lana) - The Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement, Wednesday, that its forces responded to the attempt of a number of suspicious vehicles to penetrate the country's territories across the border with Libya. The statement said that the military formations operating in the Al-Manzala area of Barmada detected, on Tuesday evening, suspicious movements of four cars coming from Libya and penetrated into the buffer border area at the level of the dirt cover. According to the statement, the Tunisian forces fired warning shots in the space to... Read more
EUSMIL allocates 100,000 Euros as emergency assistance to displaced families.
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Tripoli, July 09, 2020 (Lana) - The European Union Support Mission in Libya has announced emergency assistance to families displaced by the conflict in Libya. In a statement, the mission said that the conflict in Libya had led to a new rise in displacement, and that 100,000 Euros had been allocated as emergency assistance to families who had to flee due to the ongoing fighting. The mission explained that this support and funding is part of the overall contribution of the European Union to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red ... Read more
Italian Senate approves the refinancing of the military mission in Libya.
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Rome, July 09, 2020 (Lana) - The Italian Senate has agreed to refinance the military mission in Libya; To train and support the Libyan Coast Guard to tackle illegal immigration. In yesterday's session, the council approved the matter, during the consideration of renewing the funding of Italian missions abroad for another year, with the approval of 260 parliamentarians, and 14 others refused, while two members abstained from voting, according to the news agency "Aki". The Italian Five-Star Movement appreciated the Council's vote, saying that Italy's commitment to Libya to support the... Read more
The defense ministers of Turkey and Italy agree on the need for a political solution to end the armed conflict in Libya.
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Ankara, July 09, 2020 (Lana) - The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Turkish and Italian defense ministers agreed during their talks on Tuesday on the need for a political solution to the conflict in Libya. "We have gladly noticed that we have common and similar views on several issues," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in the statement, adding that security and defense cooperation between the two countries will benefit the Mediterranean region. According to the statement of the Turkish Defense Ministry, Italian Defense Minister "Lorenzo Gurini" said... Read more