Blinken calls for the need to hold elections in Libya

Athena -US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, called for the need to hold the elections in Libya as soon as possible.

Blinken said in a press conference with the Greek Foreign Minister today,” it is important for the elections to be held in Libya as soon as possible, to form a government that has legitimacy, and the UN Envoy is working on conducting them and trying to bring together the parties in order to agree to achieve them.”

Source: Libyan News Agency

HCS postpones consideration of the constitutional amendment to next Thursday

Tripoli -The High Council of State “HCS”, postponed its session scheduled for today, to discuss the constitutional amendment referred by the House of Representative, to next Thursday.

The communication office of the HCS referred the cancellation of the session to the provisions of the Council’s internal system regarding the work of the sessions, which stipulate that the suspension of the session be limited to one time.

The next session will also discuss the road map, how the legislative and executive institutions work until the elections are held, and any other work within the Council.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Libyan-Italian Joint Technical Committee commence in Rome

Rome, – The Libyan-Italian Joint Technical Committee held its first meeting in the Italian capital Rome on Tuesday, in the presence of the Acting Minister of Interior Imad Trabelsi his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantidozzi and the chairmen and members of the committee from the two countries.

Trabelsi opened the meeting with a speech in which he stressed importance of activating security cooperation between the two friendly countries, especially with regard to combating illegal migration and securing borders, noting that the ministry has embarked on implementing an action plan of four axes, including protecting desert borders and cities and combating migration in order to address smuggling, drugs, cross-border crime and terrorism.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Minister of Economy follows up with Tunisian Ambassador to Libya work of joint committee between the two export centers in the two countries

Tripoli -Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Haweij, followed up with the Tunisian Ambassador to Libya, Asad Al-Ajali, the work of the joint committee between the export centers in the two countries, and the possibility of setting up a mechanism for the bilateral meetings, to be held during March 2023.

The meeting, which was held at the Ministry’s office, in the presence of the Director of Foreign Trade and Cooperation Department, the Director General of the Export Development Center, discussed problems and obstacles facing work to develop bilateral exports towards global markets.

The Minister stressed the need for cooperation in the area of training and developing cadres, holding joint exhibitions with the aim of exchanging experiences in cooperation with the General Authority for Exhibitions, and the importance of exporting to African markets, especially since Tunisia is a trade partner to Libya.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Libyan Investment welcomes British court’s ruling to imprison former managers of FM “Capital”

Tripoli, – The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) welcomed the British court’s ruling on Monday to imprison former directors of FM Capital in Britain on charges of fraud and seizure of $ 14 million of the company’s assets.

The authority said in a statement on Tuesday that the verdict was issued on Monday and sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison former director of the company, 3 years and 6 months for the first partner, and 15 months with suspension of enforcement for the second partner.

The background to this case dates back to 2014 after the authority filed a lawsuit against the defendants and the Libyan company “FM Capital” and the Libyan Africa portfolio filed a lawsuit against the former director of the company and several other parties before the English Commercial Court for financial losses and damages resulting from the breach of legal duties.

Source: Libyan News Agency