Day: January 4, 2022

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Stephanie Williams is discussing with several leaders of the Democratic Party in Tripoli efforts to maintain the momentum for the national elections.

Tripoli, During her meeting today with “Mohamed Sawan” and “Nizar Kawan” of the Democratic Party in Tripoli and a number of party leaders, the Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya “Stephanie Williams” reviewed the urgent need to maintain the momentum for holding national elections in the shortest possible time frame.

Stephanie Williams also enjoyed a presentation on the party’s vision for the way forward, relying on broad popular support for the elections and the will of nearly 2.5 million Libyans who received their electoral cards for the purpose of voting, according to what was published by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya on its website.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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Libya’s permanent representative to the Arab League is discussing with his Sudanese counterpart relations of cooperation.

Cairo, Libya’s permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Ambassador “Abdul Muttalib Thabet”, praised the depth of brotherly relations between Libya and the Republic of Sudan, and the strength witnessed at all levels.

This came during his meeting today with the permanent representative of the Republic of Sudan to the League of Arab States, “Mohammed Elias Mohamed Al-Haj” in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, according to what was published by the Libyan delegation to the League of Arab States on its official page.

During the meeting, they exchanged views and discussed the overall bilateral relations, and the future of cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

The two sides also reviewed ways to develop bilateral relations to meet the aspirations of the two neighboring countries and peoples, noting the importance of joint coordination between the two countries on various Arab and regional issues.

It is noteworthy that this meeting falls within a series of high-level meetings conducted by Libya’s permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Ambassador ” Muttalib Thabet”, with delegates of ambassadors of Arab countries, in order to promote joint Arab action.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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Al-Koni, receives, cordial message from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Tripoli, Representative of the Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Koni, received, Tuesday, Algeria’s Ambassador to Libya, Sleiman Shanine, who conveyed the greetings of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to the Presidential Council.

Al-Koni stressed the depth of the brotherly and historical relations between the two brotherly countries, praising Algeria’s role in resolving the Libyan crisis, through communicating with the international community and the Libyan parties, and following the example of the inspiring Algerian experience in the context of the national reconciliation project launched by the Presidential Council.

For his part, the Algerian ambassador stressed the importance of the historical relations between the two brotherly peoples, which are linked by blood ties, destiny and common borders.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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The Government of National Unity organizes seminar on government spending in 2021 under the theme of disclosure.

Tripoli, The government of national unity on Tuesday organized a seminar entitled “Disclosure” on government spending in the presence of a number of ministers and officials of government agencies.

During the seminar, which was organized under the instructions of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al Dbeiba, who attended part of it, the financial reports of ministries and educational institutions on budgets and spending clauses on development projects were presented. Speaking at the seminar, the Minister of Finance explained that the general budget which amounted to 85.773.914.404 billion dinars and from which 75 billion dinars were used, included 33 billion for salaries, 20 billion for subsidy, 17 billion for development and 6 billion for emergencies.

The Ministers and heads of bodies and institutions reviewed what was spent on development programs in various sectors of their ministries and institutions in various cities and regions of Libya. The Ministers responded to a number of questions and inquiries regarding the spending items of the general budget, where the Minister of Finance confirmed that the ministry and based on a decision of the Cabinet to transfer the amount 500 million dinars to the Social Security Fund to cover the salaries of retired people who receive the minimum salaries. The presentation also included what was spent on education, health, sports, higher education and housing projects, as part of the summary of the first phase development projects, which amounted to 356 projects in various sectors, whether implemented or still under implementation.

On section 5 the emergencies which amounted to 6.4 billion dinars, the report said one billion dinars had been allocated for job settlements for some members of the defense ministry and the maintenance of war-damaged headquarters.

Government spending data included the allocation of 1.3 billion dinars in maintenance expenses to the new ministries, public bodies and institutions, 50 million dinars to support the General Intelligence Service, and 150 million dinars for the rehabilitation of Al-Andalus neighborhood after the security operation against the illegal drug and illegal migration dens and immigration, and (100) million dinars to deal with the emergency situation in Ras Ajdair border crossing.

The report also included what was allocated to the Social Solidarity Fund of (50) million dinars for the purchase of cars for the disabled, support for universities in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic and preparation for exams at 60 million dinars, 225 million dinars for the maintenance of some power plants, and 100 million dinars to establish 10 Auditoriums at the University of Benghazi.

Source: Libyan News Agency