Second meeting of Libyan military attachés abroad held.

Tripoli, 26.05.2015(Lana) The second meeting of Libyan military attachés abroad was held Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry in Tripoli. The meeting focused on study of corruption at the military attachés and ways to find solutions and put in a place a policy to curb indiscriminate spending and squandering of public money. The meeting was headed by Head of the National Salvation Government and Minister of Defense Khalifa Al-Ghawail in the presence of the foreign minister, and chief of general Staff and heads of Libyan army staff, military attachés abroad and the committee assigned by the government to follow up and take stock of and follow up work of all military attaché offices abroad. Al-Ghawail said at the meeting; " The ministry of defense is burdened with great deal of its financial budget on military attaches and offices abroad without return to the state on tasks to which they are assigned, besides not applying quality assurance in selection of military attachés'. He said scrutiny revealed that the ministry of defense is spending 13 million dinars monthly on salaries and student grants abroad and over three millions monthly in study fees and medical insurance and indiscriminate petty cash spent by the military attachés abroad without itemization or control. The head of government, Khalifa Al-Ghawail said NSG focuses on construction and reform and all what has been agreed by the participants at this meeting would be binding for all in order to shift from theory into practice and from corruption to reform to realize a better future for this homeland. =Lana=