World News: Political News
GNA Minister of Interior Meets UN Assistant Secretary General for Peace and Security Affairs.
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Tripoli, 7 October 2019(Lana) GNA Minister of Interior Fathi Pashagha on Monday met at the Ministry's headquarters here, UN Assistant Secretary General for Peace and Security Affairs Gles Melchor and the accompanying delegation. According to the Ministry's Communication Office, several issues were discussed at the meeting, particularly the issue of illegal migration, it also called on the international community to assist the GNA Interior Ministry being the legitimate government in Libya. On his part, the UN Official expressed his desire to see the International Police... Read more
German Effort to Make Berlin Conference a Success.
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Berlin, 7 October 2019(Lana) German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed at the Berlin Conference on Libya that 'there will be no summit meeting unless there was an agreement on what will happen after the summit.' Western diplomatic sources said Germany was seeking through preparatory meetings to avoid mistakes made at Paris and Palermo conferences. German effort focus on international support for the work of the UN Support Mission in Libya aimed at bringing together regional and international actors, and creating a common vision on issues of arms flow and protecting unity... Read more
NOC starts maintaince work on gas plant at Zewitina Port.
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Tripoli, 7 October 2019 (Lana) National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced it would stop the Gas Plant at Zewitina as of today to conduct maintenance work from 7th to 14th October 2019. NOC said; it would as a result suspend production at AL Fargh oil field halting about 15,000 bpd and about 70 million cubic feet of gas. NOC confirmed that Serte Company would continue its normal supplies of gas to power stations and the lost quantities will be compensated by liquid fuel. It said the Electricity General Company was informed of this decision. =... Read more
Sun'allah: Libya Plays Important Role as Gas Producer.
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Moscow, 7 October 2019(Lana) Chairman of the National Oil Company Mustafa Sun'allah said the company can increase gas production by 50% of the 3000 million cubic feet per day. Sun'allah, who took part in the Ministerial Meeting of Gas Exporting Countries in Moscow, said $5 billion could be saved annually if gas was used as a substitute for liquid fuel in power generation plants. He pointed out to the role that Libya could play as a key gas producer, if needed investment was provided and the security situation allowed. =... Read more
UNSMIL: Attacks on installations and infrastructure flagrant violation of internatio0nal law.
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Tripoli, 7 October 2019 (Lana) UNSMIL warned against attacks on civilian installations and infrastructure, saying they constitute flagrant violation of international law. In statement on its facebook account it called for 'Immediate stop of such meaningless attacks. =... Read more