World News: Political News
Italian Prime Minister Announces April 2 as Start of Granting Visas to Libyan Nationals From Tripoli Embassy.
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Rome, 21 March 2017(Lana) Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentelone has announced that the Italian Embassy in Tripoli would start granting entry visas to Libyan nationals from April 2. This came at a meeting Gentelone held with the visiting President of the Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj on the margin of the International Migration Conference in Rome yesterday. Gentelone confirmed that Italian companies would soon return to work in Libya in accordance with a timeframe to be set by specialist in both countries. =... Read more
Moscow Stands at Same Distance to Libyan Parties.
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Moscow, 21 March 2017(Lana) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov said his country does not support one Libyan party against the other, rather conducts talks with all parties to the conflict. According to a report by the 'Russia Today' TV channel Bogdanov said 'Moscow is in contact with all parties to the conflict in Libya, supports dialogue, and urges all to sit to the negotiating table, to reach an agreement on key points that preserves the integrity and stability of the country. =... Read more
Kobler Urges Libyan Parties to Put Unity of their Country First.
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Tunis, 21 March 2017(Lana) The UN Secretary General Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler on Monday warned that the escalating violence in Libya threatened a widespread conflict, urging all parties to the conflict, to put Libya and its unity and territorial integrity first. In a statement from Tunisia, Kobler said 'the escalation across Libya was the result of security situation in Tripoli, and the events in Misrata and Benghazi.' 'Violence and hate speech and mutilation of bodies in Libya are unacceptable at all, Kobler said, stressing the need to 'restore calm, and... Read more
Presidency Council condemns exhuming and mutilations of dead bodies in Benghazi.
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Tripoli, 19.03.2017 (Lana) The GNA Presidency Council has condemned descrition of tombs and mutilation of dead bodies in Benghazi. It also condemned slogans chanted by some demonstrators at martyrs square that incites for hatred and sowing divisions. The presidency Council also condemned the statement made by Hafter in which he threatened to enter the capital by force. He said such matter could drive the country into blood bath and destroy all efforts of cohesion and harmony. The council said in a statement Sunday those who carried out this action, whom they attribute... Read more
Quartet Reject Foreign Intervention in Libya.
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Tripoli, 19 March 2017(Lana) The Quartet consisted of League of Arab States, the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations have reiterated their commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya and its institutions under the Libyan Political Agreement, signed in Skhirat. They underscored, at a meeting they held at the headquarters of the League of Arab States on 18 March 2017, the urgent need for a Libyan-led peaceful resolution of the situation and reiterated their rejection of the threat or use of armed force... Read more