World News: Political News
Social Council of Tuareg Calls for Finalizing Agreement With Tabou.
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Tripoli, 1 June 2016(Lana) The Social Council of Tuareg has called on all Libyan citizens to come together to build the homeland, and urged the finalization of the peace accord signed in Qatar between the Tuareg and Tabou tribes. In the first meeting it conducted in Thala, Ghat south-western Libya, the Council called for tribal protection to withdrawn from anyone who was proven to have committed an act that undermines the homeland and citizens. The Council said it renounced all form of terrorism, and voiced its commitment to combat illegal migration and protection of Libyan ... Read more
kobler Urges Libyan Military Parties to Join Effort Against State Organisation.
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Paris, 1 June 2016(Lana) The UN Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has stressed the need for all military factions in Libya to join ranks to defeat so called State Organisation. Any part will not be able to achieve the desired success, Kobler said at the signing ceremony of an oil agreement by the Libyan National Oil Company and the French Technip Co. He called on all military parties in the west and in the east to coordinate under the umbrella of the Government of National Accord. =... Read more
CBL Asks Presidential Council to Ban New Currency Notes.
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Tripoli, 1 June 2016(Lana) The Central Bank of Libya has asked the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord to place a ban on the new currency notes circulating at national banks. The Monetary Policies Committee of the Central Bank has concluded that currency note brought from Russia have to be banned from circulation at all commercial banks in Libya, the CBL said in a statement. Printing the currency notes in Russia was shrouded in a shadow of ambiguity, and was conducted in violation of enforced laws, which aggravated political division and provided an... Read more
Al Saraj: We Hope Russia Have Role in Lifting Arms Embargo on Libya.
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Tripoli, 1 June 2016(Lana) The Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al Saraj has highlighted the role of Russia in the keeping balance in international relations, and the distinguished relationship linking Libya and Russia, voicing hope that Russia would have a role in lifting the arms embargo on Libya and the freeze on Libyan assets. This came during a reception by Al Saraj of the Russian Ambassador Ivan Waltkov, who said his country was looking to reactivating cooperation agreements with Libya, which could boost the economic reform... Read more
Libyan Airline Companies Reject Tunisian Aviation Authority Proposal.
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Tripoli, 1 June 2016(Lana) Libyan airline companies have rejected a proposal by the Tunisian Aviation Authority to process flights from Libya at the capital's Carthag Airport terminal 2, which is not equipped to handle passengers and not directly linked with the main terminal of the airport. In a joint statement, Libyan carriers said they were puzzled by the authority's proposal, to place Libyan airlines at an isolated terminal apart from other international carriers. =... Read more