World News: Political News
Libyan House of Representatives convenes a consultative session in Morocco.
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Tripoli, 22 November 2020 (Lana) The Libyan House of Representatives to convene a consultative session in Tanjer, Morocco. Member of House of Representatives, Abdulla Allafi said 70 representatives from Tripoli arrived in Tanjer, Morocco to take part in a consultative meeting of the House of Representatives. In press statement, Allafi said the meeting designed to bring together members of Parliament that circumstances underwent by the country prevented convening of a unified session of the House. For its part the House of Representatives, said on its official ... Read more
Stephanie Williams sends a letter calling on the Libyans not to allow those who insist and fight by all means to keep the situation in Libya as it is.
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Tripoli November 21, 2020 (Lana) - Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams, sent a letter to the Libyan leaders and the Libyan people, calling on them not to allow "those who insist and fight by all means to keep the situation as it is, to mislead you with news and campaigns fabricated and steal this opportunity from you. " This came in an exclusive interview with the United Nations News website, in which she touched on the ceasefire agreement, the launch of the Libyan political forum, the upcoming elections, the role of women,... Read more
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