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Siala Confirms International Community Support for Libya at Istanbul, Kuwait and Romania Meetings.
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Tripoli, 19 February 2018(Lana) The GNA Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala said he has attended three key meetings in which participants had shown showed massive support for the Government of National Accord and the ongoing political process in Libya. The first meeting, Siala recalls was in Istanbul where I was there as the Libyan Foreign Minister, but also as a representative of the Arab Maghreb Union, given that Libya is the current chairman of the union, at that meeting there was great support for Libya and the political process. I also attended a meeting for the... Read more
Arab Maghreb Union Secretary General: Union had no Emphatic Role in Libyan Crisis.
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Tripoli, 18 February 2018(Lana) The Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union Al Tayeb Al Bakoush said the union had no decisive role in the Libyan crisis citing absence of the Union at international forums especially the African Union. When I took over as Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union he found that all African gatherings had signed agreements of cooperation with the African Union except the Arab Maghreb Union which did not, hence its absence from the Libyan issue, Al Bakoush said in statements following a meeting with GNA Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala here... Read more
Siala Supports Al Bakoush Effort to Stir Arab Maghreb Union Institutions.
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Tripoli, 18 February 2018(Lana) The GNA Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala has expressed his support for the efforts being made by the Al Tayeb Al Bakoush the Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union to rekindle the union and get its institutions stalled since 1994, up and working again. In remarks to journalists following a meeting with Al Bakoush here, Siala said he and Al Bakoush have agreed to hold a meeting for the union in Libya, the current chairman, to reactivate the union and get its institutions working again. =... Read more
President of Presidency Council Meets New British Ambassador.
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Tripoli, 18 February 2018(Lana) The President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Serraj held audience with the new British Ambassador to Libya Frank Baker, his deputy and the First Secretary. The British Ambassador said he was delighted to meet the President of the Presidency Council, and to take over as an ambassador for the UK in Libya. The UK supported Al Serraj's effort to make the consensus track in Libya a success, teh Ambassador said. He said his country was committed to the plan offered by the UN Special Envoy to Libya... Read more
Al Serraj Congratulates Libyans on Revolution Anniversary.
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Tripoli, 19 February 2018(Lana) The President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Serraj congratulated Libyans on the 7th anniversary of the 17th February Revolution. In a speech to mark the occasion, Al Serraj paid tribute to the revolution martyrs, whom he said had sacrificed their lives for a civil and democratic state in which all the people live in dignity and enjoy full rights. Celebrations of the Revolution anniversary were held throughout the country on Saturday with thousands descending on the Martyrs Square in the capital... Read more