World News: Political News
Al-Sarraj is on an unannounced two-day visit to Italy.
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Rome, January 7, 2021 (LANA) - President of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, is expected to arrive in the Italian capital, Rome today, for an "unannounced" two-day visit, according to what the Italian (Nova) news agency reported, citing unnamed sources. Nova added that the President of the Presidency Council visited Rome in recent weeks on a "private visit," but the current visit will take "an official character". It is noteworthy that Al-Sarraj visited Rome last October 22, where he was received by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, at the headquarters of the... Read more
Human Rights Violations Monitoring Team Holds First Meeting.
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Tripoli, 7 January 2021(Lana) A team selected by the Ministry of Justice to detect and document human rights violations has held its first meeting on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in the presence of the chairman and members of the team. The meeting focused on what has been accomplished in the last year and the future work plan in accordance with the endorsed mechanisms and with regard to priorities of cases to be detected and documented. =... Read more
GNA Minister of Transport Meets Director General of Electricity Company.
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Tripoli, 7 January 2021(Lana) GNA Minister of Transport Milad Ma'atoug held a meeting with the Director General of the Electricity Company in the presence of the Head of Electricity Department at Tripoli International Airport, and the Head of Ministry of Transport Projects Body and the Head of Airport Projects. According to the Ministry of Transport Communication Office, the meeting focused on technical problems posed by destruction of high voltage cables located in the area of clashes in the last years. The meeting also focused on a mechanism to restore power to Tripoli... Read more
Second Virtual Meeting of Advisory Committee of Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.
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Tunis, 7 January 2021(Lana) Acting Special Representative of UN Secretary General Stephanie Williams yesterday facilitated the second virtual meeting the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, where a number of proposals on selection mechanism and the nomination procedures of the executive authority were discussed by the Committee's members. Williams said he admired the 'the constructive and collaborative discussion of the proposals, emphasizing the urgency to break the current impasse and expedite the unification of the executive authority. The... Read more
Gutterss Calls for dispatching an advance team to monitor cease-fire in Libya.
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Tripoli, 6 January 2021 (Lana) The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has called for dispatching an advance team to monitor cease-fire in Libya, as a first step to provide the foundations for international monitoring mechanism to be based in Serte. He cautioned that current delay in implementing a cease fire entails the threat of failure in commitment to the schedule. In a report to the UN Security Council he said the Libyan Joint Military Committee asked for unarmed and non-regular personnel to monitor ceasefire under UN supervision. Guterres explained in his report... Read more