Day: January 5, 2024

Tripoli: China on Friday called on all parties to exercise ‘restraint’ after the Ministry of Defense in Seoul announced that Pyongyang fired artillery shells near two South Korean islands.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, ‘In light of the current situation, we hope that all parties concerned will maintain calm and refrain from taking actions that would exacerbate tensions, avoid further escalation of the situation, and provide conditions for the resumption of meaningful dialogue.’

An official in the South Korean Ministry of Defense announced earlier today during a press conference that North Korea fired about 200 shells near Yeonpyeong Island, and that the authorities asked civilians to evacuate the island as a precaution.

Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, is located in the Yellow Sea, 80 kilometers west of Incheon, and 12 kilometers south of the coast of North Korea’s Hwanghae Province.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli: The President of the Presidential Council, ‘Mohamed Al-Mnifi,’ said that he will personally supervise and follow up on the national reconciliation file, and that he will no longer allow the reconciliation file to be made a means of bargaining at the expense of the nation.

This came during his meeting, Thursday, at the Council’s headquarters in Tripoli, with members of the Preparatory Committee for the National Reconciliation Conference, Sheikh Ali Mesbah Bousbiha and Sheikh Muhammad Saad Daboub, according to what was published by the Media Office of the President of the Council on his official Facebook page.

Al-Mnifi discussed with the two members of the committee the reasons for suspending their attendance at the committee’s sessions, in addition to a number of important files that concern the nation.

The meeting also reviewed the work of the preparatory committee for the National Reconciliation Conference in order to bring the country to a stage of stability through free and fair elections.

So
urce: Libyan News Agency