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Russian Minister of Foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov called for an increase in international efforts to achieve a peace settlement in Libya.According to the RIA news agency, Lavrov is hosting his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdul…

In a press release, Italian minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio affirmed that the release of the 18 Italian fishermen held in Benghazi by Haftar forces came in the exchange for the reestablishment of relations with field marshal…

Former Representative of Libya to the United Nations, Ibrahim Dabbashi called the decision by the Government of National Accord (GNA) to increase public worker's salaries by 20% insulting and disastrous.“The decision is demeaning to…

The newly appointed UN envoy to Libya, Bulgarian diplomat, Nikolay Mladenov has apologized to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres and declined the position of UN envoy to Libya.The diplomat was assigned the new…

The Turkish parliament approved the motion of the extension of troops deployed in Libya by 18 months.The motion submitted to the parliament earlier this month was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and stated that the ceasefire…

Asaad Al-Shartaa, the Official Spokesperson for the Tripoli-based House of Representatives stated that the dismissal of 35 members of parliament is no more than a political manoeuvre with no legal grounds to support it.In a statement to…

Outgoing US President Donald Trump offered his congratulations to the head of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj and reiterated his country's support for Libya in restoring its sovereignty and national unity.The US…

The celebration for the 69th independence day began yesterday with the lighting of the celebratory torch to mark Libya's declaration of independence nearly seventy years ago.The national anthem proceeded the torch lighting, followed by…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accords, Mohamed Siala welcomed today the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in Libya.The meeting, which took place at the…

The UNICEF proposed ‘Resilience Building Programme for Vulnerable Children in Libya, Including Host Communities, Migrant and Refugee Children.’ program just received a sum of 7 million euros from the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for…