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President of Presidency Council receives French ambassador.
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Tripoli, 7 February 2018 (Lana) President of Presidency Council, Fayez Al Sarraj received Wednesday, the French ambassador to Libya. The meeting covered the political and security situation in Libya. The ambassador stressed at the meeting France's keen interest in realizing stability in Libya and looking forward for the success of the forthcoming election process which Al Sarraj proposed as an option to address the current crisis. For his part A lSarraj underscored the depth of Libyan - French relations, underlining the importance of elections and the necessity to be... Read more
Saila calls for addressing illegal migration issue collectively.
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Rome, 7 February 2018 (Lana) GNA Foreign Minister, Mohamed Saila, has called for addressing illegal migration issue through common responsibility, unified and collective strategy and shunning away from individualistic remedial actions and eschewing the exploitation of the phenomenon for immediate goals and imposing pressures to enforce policies and projects that directly encroach on the sovereignties of countries. He underlined the need for synergy and rallying and unify efforts based on a comprehensive strategy. In his speech at the ministerial conference held in the Italian ... Read more
Mi'tig Meets EU Ambassador to Libya.
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Tripoli, 7 February 2017(Lana) The Deputy President of the Presidency Council Ahmed Mi'tig met yesterday the EU Ambassador to Libya Bettina Muscheidt, to discuss European support for Libyan sectors including health, education and the media. According to the cabinet information department the meeting dealt with the issue of combating illegal migration off the Libyan coast, trainging of Libyan cosat gaurd and monitoring of Libya's southern borders in collaboration with relevant parties. The EU is keen to give support to the municipal councils to help them solve their,... Read more
Siala Participates in Ministerial Meeting on Illegal Migration in Rome.
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Rome, 7 February 2018(Lana) The GNA Foreign and International Cooperation Minister Mohamed Siala has taken part in the ministerial conference held in the Italian capital and devoted to the issue of illegal migration. The conference which was opened by the Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano under and was convened under the theme 'solidarity and security.' Alfano highlighted 'what has been achieved over the period that followed the convention of the first ministerial conference on July 6,2017. According to the Ministry's information office, the conference was... Read more
Libyan embassy dismisses media reports of Libyan-Italian political crisis.
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Rome, 7 February 2018 (Lana) Libyan embassy in Italy dismissed media reports purporting political crisis between Libya and Italy due to what described as diplomatic mission manipulation of Libyan Ministry of Defense accounts at UniCredit bank. The Libyan mission to Italy in a start net released Tuesday - a copy of which was received by Lana- said the media reports are baseless and lack the basic principles of journalistic work, let alone the damages that could cause to Libyan state interests. The embassy reaffirmed compliance with the administrative and professional rules... Read more