Day: August 23, 2021

Tripoli, The President of Presidency Council Mohamed Al Mnefi met on Monday Head of UN Support Mission in Libya Jan Kupis .

The meeting focused on developments in Libya, particularly concerning national reconciliation, elections, and how to overcome difficulties to hold them on set time.

The security situation in the country, and coordination with neighboring countries on the security file were also discussed at the meeting.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, August 23, 2021 – Interior Minister Khaled Mazen refuted what was reported by a Tunisian Interpol cable regarding allegations of an attempt to infiltrate Tunisia through the Ben Guerdane border region by terrorist elements present at the Al-Wattia air base.

According to Al-Wasat News Gateway, the Minister of Interior denied what was stated in the Tunisian Interpol telegram in this regard.

Khaled Mazen said, “Al-Watiya Air Base is under the control of the Ministry of Defense, and it cannot be allowed in any way to be a launching pad for carrying out any sabotage terrorist acts that would destabilize security and stability.”

He added, in a letter addressed to the Tunisian Interpol, “We monitor and follow up terrorist activity in all its forms, and we pursue those involved or those around whom there are suspicions through our anti-terrorist agencies.”

Source: Libyan News Agency

Cairo, August 23, 2021 (LANA) – The Director of the Institute of Diplomatic Studies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, “Ayad al-Babi”, agreed with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Institute of Diplomatic Studies at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Fahmy Omar Fahmy” to hold training courses and advanced qualifications, benefiting from the experiences of both sides. , to begin to organize it in the near future.

This came during a meeting held today, Monday, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the presence of the Chargé d’Affairs at the Libyan Embassy in Egypt, “Mohamed Abdelali,” and the Deputy Director of the Institute, Ambassador “Ashraf Ismail.”

During the meeting, they discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of training and qualifying diplomats and exchanging experiences between the two sides in this field.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, August 23, 2021 (LANA) the Algerian Al-Shorouk News channel revealed that Algeria will host at the end of August a meeting at the level of foreign ministers of the group of countries neighboring Libya.

According to the Algerian channel Al-Shorouk, the meeting aims to help Libya find a peaceful political solution to its crisis, indicating that the foreign ministers of 7 countries will participate, namely Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad and Niger.

The channel indicated that representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the African Union are scheduled to participate in the meeting.

Source: Libyan News Agency