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GNA Foreign ministry Issues Statement on Libya's Decision not to Attend Arab League Summit.
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Tripoli, 14 January 2019(Lana) The GNA Foreign Ministry on Monday issued a statement in which it outlined its decision not to attend the Arab League economic summit in Beirut. 'The President of the Presidency Council has responded to the invitation extended by President of Lebanon Michael Auon, out of his conviction of the importance of convening such a meeting under the umbrella of the Arab League, to serve the interests of Arab peoples, the statement said. The statement went on to say 'But due to the fact that the host country has failed to observe, in good faith, the... Read more
Salama: I am here representative of the UN Secretary General and not in my capacity as Lebanese citizen.
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Tripoli, 14 January 2019 (Lana) The UN Special Envoy GHassan Salama stressed that his presence in Libya is in his capacity as representative of the UN Secretary General and not as Lebanese citizen. In statement to Lana after the meeting with the Foreign Minister Siala, Salama said "I am here as representative of the UN Secretary General and only work under this capacity. On statement of the Foreign Ministry not to take part in the Arab Economic Summit, Salama said; 'It is the duty of the Arab League to invite all member states to any summit and the duty of the host ... Read more
Salama conveys to Foreign Minister solidarity of UN Secretary general and international community with Libya denouncing the terrorist attack on Foreign Minister.
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Tripoli, 14 January 2019 (Lana) GNA Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siala met Monday with the Special envoy of the UN Secretary General to Libya Ghassan Salama. At the outset of the meeting Salama conveyed to Foreign Minister solidarity of UN Secretary General and the international community with Libya denouncing the terrorist attack on the Foreign Ministry. In statement to Lana after the meeting, Salama said; 'the first objective of the visit to the minister is to express solidarity of the international community with the Libyan foreign ministry after being subject to... Read more
Libya expenditure of foreign currency surpasses 19 billion dollars.
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Tripoli, 14 January 2019 (Lana) Libya expenditure of foreign currency surpasses 19 billion dollars, from January 1 st. to December 31 st. 2018. The statement said total oil revenues reached 24.5 billion dollars while total expenditure of foreign currency for all purposes totaled 19.1 billion dollars. The statement showed that foreign currency sales for trade purposes in implementation No 1300/2018 on imposing fees on foreign currency sales totaled 5.2 of which 2.8 billion dollars for personal purposes, and 2.4 billion dollars for opening documentary credits. =... Read more
Four billion dollars expenditure to import fuel for Libya.
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Tripoli, 14 January 2019 (Lana) Central bank statement issued Monday showed Libya's expenditure on fuel imports in 2018 totaling 4 billion dollars including 800 million dollars, which are still a standing commitment by the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in favour of Libyan Foreign Bank. Central bank statement showed also that the Central bank transferred the amount of 3.7 billion dollars for Libyan household for the population of 7.450 millions. =... Read more