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EU: Attack on Tripoli threatens international security.
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Brussels, 14 May 2019 (Lana) EU considered the military attack on Tripoli and its surroundings and consequent escalation represents a threat to international peace and security and harms stability of Libya. This came in a statement adopted by member states foreign ministers in Brussels Monday after they discussed the situation in Libya with the UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame. The Foreign ministers called on Libyan parties to distance themselves from terrorist and criminal elements engaged in fighting and individuals implicated in war crime including those individuals which... Read more
PC President meets Head of EU High External policies Representative.
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Brussels, 13 May 2019 (Lana) President of Presidency Council Fayez Assaraj met Monday in Brussels the EU High External policies Representative, Federica Mogherini. The talks covered developments in Libya . According to the Media Office of the President, Mogherini renewed during the meeting EU support to the GNA stressing that there will be no military solution to the Libyan crisis and the need to stop the attack on Tripoli and return to the political track according to the plan of the UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame. Asseraj for his part expressed hope for a... Read more
PC President meets head of European Council.
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Brussels, 13 May 2019 (Lana) President of Presidency Council Fayez Al sarraj met Monday in Brussels President of the European Council, Donald Tusk The talks covered developments in Libya and the European position. Media Office of the President said Tusk stressed that Libya is a strategic partner to the EU and its stability is decisive for the security of the region in southern Mediterranean and the Sahle region. Tusk was quoted as saying that the attack on Tripoli threatened the peaceful process which made long strides towards a settlement reaffirming that the EU would... Read more
Take over ceremony between former and current Zauwra municipal councils.
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Zuwara, 13 May 2019 (Lana) The takeover ceremony was organized in Zuawara last night and the Golden Key of Zuawara City was handed over by the former municipal council led by Hafez Jouma Ben Sasi to the new Mucipal Council led by Farhat Abushawshi in the presence of the city's dignitaries and head of sectors. The outgoing mayor and member of the municipal council were honored for their efforts at the council throughout the last tenure in office. =... Read more
Salame during talks with NATO; Libyan crisis cannot be solved militarily.
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Brussels, 13 May 2019 (Lana) UNSMIL head, Ghassan Salame discussed Monday in Brussels with NATO Secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg latest developments in Libya. UNSMIL website reported that Salame asserted to Stoltenberg that the Libyan crisis cannot be solved militarily. Salame is making a tour of European capitals to discuss immediate cease-fire of the fighting raging at the outskirts of Tripoli and restoring the political dialogue. =... Read more