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Ghasan Salama: Quartet Meeting Will Discuss Foreign Interventions in Libya.
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Addis Ababa, 10 February 2019(Lana) The UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghasan Salama has said that he would stress the need for respect of Libya's sovereignty and a halt to interventions in its internal affairs, at the fifth quartet committee on Libya, which was due to be held in Addis Ababa on Saturday. Speaking to journalists here, along with the UN Secretary General, Salama said the African continent had a big role to play in bringing about stability in Libya. =... Read more
UNSMIL releases statement on developments in southern Libya.
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Tripoli, 10 February 2019 (Lana) United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties to shoulder their responsibilities in securing safety of the public and the country's resources, which are owned by all Libyans and to shun away from targeting economic utilities and to spare civilians under whatever pretext. In statement Sunday on developments in the south, UNSMIL stressed to confining all military operations to the fight against terrorism and organized crime in the south. It also expressed readiness to narrow view points and offer its good offices for... Read more
Salama and Jheinawi Discuss Libyan Crisis in Addis Ababa.
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Addis Ababa, 10 February 2019(Lana) The UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghasan Salama and Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Al Jheinawi discussed, on the sidelines of the AU Summit here on Saturday the latest of the Libyan crisis. Salama expressed his appreciation of the Tunisia's continued support for UN effort aimed at bring an end to the crisis in Libya. The UN Support Mission in Libya Saturday announced that the UN Secretary General Antonio Guteres and his Special Representative in Libya Ghasan Salama would discuss with African leaders ways of protecting Libya's sovereignty... Read more
Presidency Council Official Spokesman Gives Statement to Lana.
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Tripoli, 7 February 2019(Lana) The official spokesman of the President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Mohamed Al Salak has given a statement to the Libyan News Agency Lana in which he said: 'The President of the Presidency Council, the Commander in Chief of the Army confirms that neither the Army Staff nor the Joint Operations Centre Tripoli had issued any authorization to any military entity, military or security, to take part in the security plan for the capital Tripoli, apart from those bodies authorized as part of the plan approved by the... Read more
Arab League Economic and Social Ministerial Council Convenes in Cairo.
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Cairo, 7 February 2019(Lana) Proceedings of the Arab League Economic and Social Council kicked off on Thursday here at the ministerial level. The agenda of the 102nd session includes efforts to push economic and social developments in the Arab world, and discussing the economic and social file to be put before the Council of Arab States due to be held in Tunis in March. The follow up of Arab-African Summit resolutions and preparing for the 5th session due in Saudi capital Riyadh at the end of the year, is of paramount importance to consolidate Arab-African exchange through... Read more