NSG Libyan media delegation visits SETA Center for Social and Economic Studies.

Ankara, 22.08.2015(Lana) The National Salvation Government Libyan media delegation paid a visit to (SETA) Center in the capital Ankara. The Deputy Director of the Center briefed the Libyan media delegation about the establishment of the center ten years ago, and it is not associated with the government or party, rather an intellectual establishment that operates without any charges as a civil society institution. The deputy Director clarified that the center includes departments of political studies, human rights, foreign policy and liaison, economic and social studies and the humanitarian issues, and it has another branch in Istanbul, and two branches in Washington and Cairo. The deputy Director indicated that the center is issuing two magazines regularly concerned with the researches of the center, one in English and the other in Arabic, and organizes joint workshops specialized in local and international matters and a training program for the youths. Meanwhile, the Undersecretary of the media for radio and TV affairs presented a summary on the situation in Libya and the significance of the research centers to eliminate intellectual and political desertification, which made the transition from a repressive regime to the post revolution stage a complicated one. While the Director of the Foreign Media Department stressed the depth of the historic relations between the two countries and Turkey's position during the revolution, especially concerning the file of the wounded and the preemptive measure it took following the liberation by accrediting the first ambassador in Libya. The Libyan delegation discussed the training and support for activists and members of the civil society and the prospect of training groups from outside Turkey. = Lana =