World News: Political News
Russia prevents a UN Security Council committee from including the "Kaniyat" militia on the blacklist of human rights violations.
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New York, November 21, 2020 (Lana) - Russia prevented, on Friday, a UN Security Council committee from including the "Kaniyat" militia and its leader, Mohamed Alkani, on the blacklist of human rights violations, under the pretext that it wanted to see more evidence first of their killing civilians. According to the Reuters news agency that reported the news, the United States and Germany proposed that the Libya Sanctions Committee, which includes 15 members of the Security Council, impose an asset freeze and a travel ban on the Kaniyat militia and its leader, Muhammad. ... Read more
The Italian Foreign Minister calls for protecting the Libyan negotiations from foreign interference.
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Rome, November 21, 2020 (Lana) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio held talks by phone with the UN envoy to Libya, Acting Stephanie Williams. The Italian Foreign Ministry said that Di Maio expressed his satisfaction with the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum adopting a roadmap in light of the elections scheduled for December 24, 2021, affirming Italy's full support for the internal dialogue efforts led by the United Nations Mission in Libya. Di Maio expressed the hope that the process would remain closely linked to the mediation of the United Nations and the Berlin process,... Read more
America's delegate to the Security Council warns the spoilers of peace in Libya and calls for their punishment.
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New York, November 21, 2020 (Lana) - The representative of the United States of America to the Security Council, "Kelly Craft", said that the international community must hold accountable those who harm the security, peace and stability of Libya, and take concrete steps to end impunity in Libya. In a speech, Thursday, at the Security Council session on Libya, Kraft expressed her country's welcome to agree on a roadmap, considering that this reflects a broad consensus between Libyans. The American delegate called on the members of the Security Council to adhere to the Berlin process... Read more
Bash-Agha discusses with the Minister of the French armies strengthening joint security work with Libya .
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Paris, November 20, 2020 (Lana) - Minister of the Interior Fathi Bash-Agha discussed today, Friday, with the Minister of the French Armed Forces, "Florentine Parly", ways to enhance cooperation and joint work between Libya and France in areas related to security affairs in a way that enhances stability in the two countries. The meeting touched on a number of security issues in the field of combating organized crime and terrorism, in addition to a number of issues of common interest, according to a statement by the Ministry of Interior. The ministry indicated that the meeting is part... Read more
The plenipotentiary Minister of Interior discusses with his French counterpart the training of an elite police force.
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Tripoli, November 20, 2020 (Lana) - Minister of Interior Plenipotentiary "Fathi Bash-Agha" met Thursday with the French Interior Minister "Gerald Darmanan" at the headquarters of the French Interior Ministry. "The meeting focused on establishing joint cooperation between the French and Libyan ministries of interior in the fields of training, particularly training an elite police force, in coordination with French police special forces, in addition to training in the areas of detecting falsification of identification documents," the Interior Ministry's media office said. It was... Read more