Ageela stresses the need to accelerate the launch of the Libyan-American Forum for Development and Reconstruction.

Tripoli 8 October 2024 (Lana) Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ageela Saleh, stressed the need to accelerate the launch of the Libyan-American Forum for Development and Reconciliation to build strategic partnerships that benefit the Libyan and American peoples.

This came in his remark at the conclusion of his meeting at the headquarters of the US State Department in Washington yesterday with the Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, John Bass, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, and the U.S. Special Envoy, Richard Norland.

The Spokesman for the HoR, Abdullah Belihaq, said in a statement today that the meeting, which he described as extensive, discussed a number of issues about an inclusive settlement of the political crisis in Libya and ways to activate the political process.

According to Belihaq, Ageela reviewed a detailed explanation for the development of the Libyan crisis and proposed a number of solutions that require the support of the international community to implement them in order to achieve the will of the Libyan people to organize presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible and end the political and institutional division.

For his part, "John Bass" commended the role of the HoR and the High Council of State in addressing the crisis of the Central Bank of Libya, which almost swept away the Libyan economy and the largest financial institution in Libya, stressing the need to form a board of directors for the Bank from highly qualified elements in order to restore confidence between the Bank and international financial institutions.

For her part, "Barbara Leaf" expressed her happiness with the visit of Ageela to the USA and considered this visit the beginning of serious and fruitful cooperation in order to resolve the Libyan crisis.

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