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President of Presidency Council meets EU External Relations High Representative.
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Tripoli, 15 July 2018 (Lana) President of Presidency Council, of the GNA, Fayez Al Sarraj met the High External Relations Representative of the EU, Federica Moghreni and her accompanying delegation, in the presence of EU ambassador to Libya and several other EU senior officials, and Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siala and Political Advisor to the President were also at the meeting. The President welcomed Moghreni and her delegation highly praising EU efforts in support of the GNA to realize stability in Libya. Al sarrj also touched on Oil crescent developments, asserting ... Read more
President of Presidency Council meets UN envoy to Libya and his deputy for political affairs.
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Tripoli, 15 July 2018 (Lana) President of Presidency Council, Fayez Al sarraj has met UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salama and his deputy for political affairs. The meeting held at the premises of the Presidency Council addressed political developments in Libya, the UN officials expressed satisfaction at the end of oil port crisis at the Oil Crescent region, and NOC resuming its responsibilities of operations at these ports, under the exclusive oversight of the GNA according to UN resolutions. Salama also welcomed proposal of President of Presidency Council as expressed in... Read more
Siala meets in Peking with Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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Peking, 12 July 2018 (Lana) GNA Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siala met Tuesday in Peking with Chinese Foreign Minister and State Advisor, Wang Yi. The meeting held at the sideline of the 8th round of the ministerial meeting of Arab Chinese Cooperation Forum, focused on developing and promoting bilateral cooperation between the two countries in various fields. The Chinese Minister praised the level of bilateral relations between the two countries, reiterating the Chinese consistent stance in support of the Libyan people and their institutions and readiness of China to... Read more
President of Presidency Council grants approval for actual start of maintenance work at Tripoli International Airport .
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Tripoli 12 July 2018 (Lana) President of Presidency Council, Fayez Al Sarraj announced Thursday granting permission to start work to rehabilitate Tripoli international airport for which plans has been laid down for months, being a critical utility for the capital and Libya as a whole. In speech at the ceremony held in the occasion he said; 'We succeeded in overcoming obstacles causing delay of maintenance work'. He said the expectations are high that Tripoli international Airport and indeed other Libyan airports be transit airports into Africa and Europe and a pillar for... Read more
Spokesman for the President of Presidency Council clarifies reasons behind addressing a letter to UN Security Council.
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Tripoli, 12 July 2018 (Lana) Spokesman for the President of Presidency Council, Mohamed Al salak underlined during his weekly press briefing to the media Wednesday that sending a letter to the UN Security Council to set up an international investigation committee was to follow up state revenues and expenditure and ways of distribution of oil revenues so all can see the facts and reality. He said such work should be carried out by Specialized international institutions under UN supervision. Al Salak said the move was due to political divisions and lack of trust among various... Read more