World News: Political News
Presidential Council meets the President of the supreme national elections commission.
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Tripoli, 11.06.2020 - Lana - The President of the Presidential Council of the National Accord Government met, Tuesday, with the head of the High Electoral Commission, Dr. Imad Al-Sayeh, who confirmed the commission's readiness and willingness to organize elections throughout Libya at any time. For his part, the President of the Presidential Council affirmed his keenness to provide all the needs and requirements of the High Electoral Commission, and to create appropriate objective conditions for holding elections as an option and a general requirement for all Libyans in order to... Read more
The European Union mission to Libya expresses its deep concern over the spread of mines south of Tripoli.
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Tripoli, 11.06.2020 - Lana - The European Union expressed today, Tuesday, its deep concern about explosive devices and explosive mines located in southern Tripoli, affirming its support for disposal efforts by providing technical and equipment assistance and direct assistance in mine clearance operations. The Federation pointed out that these explosive devices caused many casualties among the displaced people returning to their homes and mine clearance teams, according to the statement carried by the Federation's Mission to Libya on its page on the social networking site ... Read more
The Turkish and Russian presidents discuss the developments of the military situation in Libya.
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Ankara, 11.06.2020 - Lana - The Turkish Presidents, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, "Vladimir Putin", discussed on Wednesday, recent developments in Libya and Syria, as well as developments in the region and bilateral relations between the two countries, according to the Turkish presidency And the Kremlin. The Turkish presidency said in a statement: "During the phone conversations that took place Wednesday, Erdogan and Putin discussed the situation in Libya and Idlib, as well as regional issues. The Kremlin announced in a statement issued later, that Putin and ... Read more
Italian Foreign Minister: The solution to the Libyan crisis must be acceptable to all parties.
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Rome, 11.06.2020 - Lana - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi de Mayo said on Wednesday that the solution to the Libyan crisis must be acceptable to all parties. De Mayo added, that any initiative to solve the Libyan crisis must be comprehensive for all, and be placed within the framework of the Berlin process, which represents the only way forward, as he put it. The Italian minister indicated that he had welcomed earlier the resumption of negotiations led by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, on a permanent ceasefire, within the framework of the joint (5 + 5) committee. ... Read more
US Secretary of State: Goodwill is required for a ceasefire in Libya.
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Washington, 11.06.2020 - Lana - US Secretary of State "Mike Pompeo", Wednesday, welcomed the resumption of UN-led talks between the warring parties in Libya, calling on the parties to the conflict to conduct rapid negotiations to reach a cease-fire. Pompeo said at a press conference that the agreement between the parties to the Libyan crisis to return to the United Nations security talks was a positive step. He added that quick negotiations and what he described as goodwill were required to implement the ceasefire and to re-launch Libyan-led UN political talks. On June 2, the... Read more