World News: Political News
UN Expedite Repatriation of Migrants to their Countries.
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Tunis, 6 December 2017(Lana) The International Organisation for Migration IOM has said it was accelerating repatriation of thousands of migrants from Libya to their countries. The Organisation said it plans to evacuate up to 15,000 by the end of the year. The move was designed to ease crowdedness at the concentration camps, where the number of migrants increased as a result of a halt in boat trafficking activities across the Mediterranean to Italy, it said. IOM has repatriated 14500 migrants to their countries this year as part of a voluntarily repatriation scheme. ... Read more
NOC Conducts Largest Environmental Study in Libya So Far.
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Tripoli, 6 December 2017(Lana) THE National Oil Company has said it carried out what it called the largest study in Libya so far on the affect of oil activities on environment in the oases of Jkhira, Jalou and Oujala. The company said it had set up two committees to assess the affect oil operations had on the western region and the oases region. It described the study as the largest and most comprehensive that had been conducted in the country since it was established. The Committees included experts in environmental sciences and specialists from the General Environment... Read more
President of Presidency Council Heads Holds Talks With President of European Council in Abidjan.
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Abidjan, 29 November 2017(Lana) The President of Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj on Tuesday held talks on the sidelines of the Euro-African Summit with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Tusk renewed EU support for the Government of National Accord and the Council's effort to bring back stability to the country. He said he appreciated the difficulties facing the GNA in addressing the illegal migration issue, welcoming the announcement by Al Serraj of an enquiry into allegation of violation of migrants rights. Al Serraj... Read more
HSC Opposed to Establishment of Camps for 'Infiltrators'.
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Tripoli, 29 November 2017(Lana) The High State Council has stressed that illegal migration is a process of infiltration into a sovereign state in violation of its laws, which gives it the right to confront it, and to prevent Libya turning into a transit point to cross to Europe without internationally-acknowledged legal processing, in violation of Libyan legislations. In a statement, the Council blamed European states for failure to provide necessary assistance to Libya to control its borders. However it welcomed efforts of the international community to save these migrants... Read more
NOC Chairman discusses joint cooperation with Egyptian Minister of Petroleum.
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Tripoli, 29 November 2017 (Lana) National Oil Corporation Chairman, Mustafa Sanaala (NOC) discussed with the Egyptian Minister of Petroleum joint cooperation prospects in oil fields. The meeting also discussed technical needs of the Libyan oil sector, in which Egyptian companies contributed such as rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructure, oil networks, and new tanks besides training and capacity building fields. They agreed to convene the first meeting of the joint technical committee in January. The Egyptian Minster underlined the strategic dimension of... Read more