World News: Political News
Sun'allah: We Consider Possible Suspension of Oil Operations in Clashes Areas to Protect Personnel.
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Tripoli, 29 December 2019(Lana) Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Company Mustafa Sun'allah has warned against fighting spreading to the Al Zawiyah refinery. Reports Friday confirmed a site near a reservoir operated by the Al Zawiyah Refinery was hit by a rocket BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. Sun'allah said targeting Al Zawiyah Refinery was a war crime, explaining that vital installations including hospitals, energy and desalination plants would be deprived of fuel, and there would be a need to import more fuel which will cost the treasury hundreds of millions of.... Read more
EU Foreign Affairs Official Heads Delegation to Libya on Jan.
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7. Brussels, 29 December 2019(Lana) EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said he will, along with a number of European Ministers, visit Libya on January 7 to meet Libyan leaders. Borrell disclosed the visit at a phone call with the GNA Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala to discuss situation in Libya. Borrell said he will be accompanied, on his visit to Libya, by Foreign Ministers of Italy, Germany, Britain and France, to discuss the situation in the country with the Head of the Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj. Meanwhile, the Belgian... Read more
Trade Exchange Between Libya and Egypt Declines in 2019.
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Cairo, 29 December 2019(Lana) Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian Chamber of Commerce Imad Naser has said that trade exchange between Libya and Egypt has declined in 2019 to $455 million from $1.37 billion in 2013. Libyan investments in Egypt were down by 25%, and Libyan companies operating in the Egyptian market numbered 511 with assets worth 4 $billion, Naser said, indicating that Egyptian investments in Libya were half a billion dollars. Egypt has launched, in the last months, 10 logistical regions in the area of Al Saloum close to the Libyan border on the Mediterranean,... Read more
The White House: Trump and Sisi reject foreign interference in Libya.
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Washington, 28.12.2019 - Lana - US President 'Donald Trump' and his Egyptian counterpart 'Abdel Fattah El-Sisi' confirmed their rejection of any foreign interference in Libya. This came in a phone call that took place Thursday, during which they discussed a number of regional and bilateral issues, including the Libyan crisis. The White House said in a statement that the US and Egyptian presidents agreed during this phone call to reject foreign exploitation of the situation in Libya, and that they urged the conflict parties to take "urgent measures" to end the fighting. =... Read more
Statement by the Algerian Presidency: The Supreme Council of Algerian Security takes measures to protect the borders with Libya and Mali.
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Algeria, 28.12.2019 - Lana - The Algerian news agency said, that the Algerian President, 'Abdel Majid Taboun', presided over a meeting of the Supreme Security Council yesterday. According to the presidential statement, the official agency said that the Supreme Council studied the situation in the region, in particular on the Algerian borders with Libya and Mali. The Presidency statement indicated that the Council decided in this framework to take a number of measures to protect the Algerian borders, in addition to taking a decision to reactivate and revitalize Algeria's role at... Read more