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Algerian Foreign Minister: Next UN Envoy to Libya Should be Agreed by All Parties.
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Algiers, 9 March 2020(Lana) Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Bugadoum has expressed hope that the UN would appoint an envoy to Libya as soon as possible to replace the outgoing envoy Ghasan Salama, stressing that the new envoy should be agreed by all parties to the conflict, and not be biased to one parties at the expense of others. The official Algerian News Agency APS quoted Bugadoum as saying, at an audience held at the People's Palace, hosted by President Tebboune to mark the world women's day, that Algeria is continuing its efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis, saying... Read more
Ministry of Health Takes Precautionary Measures, Asks Arrivals to Fill Medical Form.
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Tripoli, 8 March 2020(Lana) The Ministry of Health has announced that it requested that all returning travellers must fill a follow up medical card at entry ports, land, air or Sea. The Ministry said the move it took was to ensure health safety for both travellers and citizens, and to follow up conditions of Libyan national infected abroad. =... Read more
Ministry of Health: No Coronavirus Case Reported in Libya.
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Tripoli, 8 March 2020(Lana) The Ministry of Health has reaffirmed that no 'COVID-19' Coronavirus cases reported in Libya. The Ministry dismissed, in a statement, rumours about admitting into hospitals of two people with Conronavirus symptoms, explaining that the two cases brought to the emergency department in Tripoli were of two persons suffering acute pneumonia, one of them an old man and the other had HIV infection. =... Read more
US Ambassador to Libya: We Look Forward to Resuming Talks Between Libyans.
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Tripoli, 4 March 2020(Lana) US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland has thanked the outgoing UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghasan Salama for his tireless work in advocating for peace and a political solution to the Libyan crisis. In a statement posted to the Embassy's SMS page, Norland said 'Salama has, over the last two years, skilfully constructed a framework that those seeking peace can use to end the conflict.' 'We look forward to the appointment of a successor to carry on Mr. Salam's work, he said. =... Read more