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President of Mauritania: Libyan Crisis Source of Concern to Sahel States.
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Nouakchott, 26 February 2020(Lana) Mauritanian President Mohamed Weld Al Sheikh Al Ghazwani on Tuesday said the current security state in Libya constituted a suitable environment for return of terrorist organisations. Al Ghazwani, who was speaking at the 6th Summit of Sahel States which started here yesterday said 'the Libyan crisis is a source of concern to the Sahel States', and warned against foreign intervention in the Libyan conflict. He Stressed support by the Sahel Countries of a solution to the Libyan crisis, and the effort they were mounting to help resolve the ... Read more
Dutch Ambassador to Libya: Libyan Crisis Key Item on UN Human Rights Council Agenda.
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Geneva, 26 February 2020(Lana) Dutch Ambassador to Libya Lars Tummers on Tuesday said the crisis in Libya was a key item on the UN Human Rights Council agenda. Tummers said his country has acquired a seat on the UN Human Right Council. In earlier press statements the Ambassador considered 5+5 talks could take a long time, calling on all parties to negotiate out of good will for the sake of Libya and the Libyan people. =... Read more
Sahel States: Catastrophic Effect of Libyan Crisis on Sahel Countries.
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Nouakchott, 26 February 2020(Lana) Leaders of the African Sahel States have expressed their concern about crisis in Libya and its repercussions on peace and security in the Sahel region. The Leaders stressed in a final communiqué of their summit, held in Nouakchott on Tuesday, the need to engage Africa in the core of the Libyan conflict in line with the decisions of the African Summit held recently in Addis Ababa. They highlighted AU effort in combating terrorism and said they supported a AU extraordinary summit as soon as possible to discuss terrorism. =... Read more
UNSMIL: Libyans Pay Dearly, Politicians Should Put Interests of Their Country First.
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Tripoli, 26 February 2020(Lana) UN Support Mission in Libya has again urged parties to the conflict in Libya to put the interests of their country first, and put an end to the suffering of their people who pay dearly as the conflict continues in the country. UNSMIL welcomed the support shown by the international community for the UN-led talks, the latest of which the joint statement issued by the embassies of France, Germany, Italy, UK and the US as well as the European Union. It urged all parties to work with good will and said it looked forward to the political talks as... Read more
Al Serraj Appeals to AU to Help Resolve Libyan Crisis.
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Moscow, 26 February 2020(Lana) The Head of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Serraj has appealed to the African Union to play a central role in solving of the Libyan crisis. In a meeting with ambassadors of African Group at the UN Human Rights Council here, Al Serraj said Libya 'is proud of its African belonging, and is committed to develop political, economic and security relations with African states to jointly confront challenges facing the continent. He said he looked forward to AU playing a more vigorous role in resolving the crisis... Read more