Category: Politics

Algeria, – The Algerian Minister of Interior, “Kamel Beljoud,” received, on Sunday, the Minister of the Interior, “Khaled Mazen”, who is on a one-day working visit to Algeria, according to what the Algerian News Agency announced.

The agency stated that the two sides discussed, during the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior in Algiers, the reopening of border crossings to facilitate the movement of goods and citizens, whether for Libyan or Algerian goods.

In a statement to the Algerian News Agency after the meeting, Interior Minister Khaled Mazen confirmed that the two parties agreed to enhance cooperation in the matter of the interior sector, announcing the formation of technical committees between the two ministries that will study several points, including training the police and taking into account the interests of the citizens of the two countries, whether in Algeria or Libya. .

For his part, the Algerian Minister of Interior said that the meeting provided an opportunity to talk about coordination between the two ministries in various fields, noting that “there is a congruence of visions regarding many files,” according to the agency.

The minister added that it was agreed to “open the Al-Dabdab border crossing, in addition to supporting coordination with regard to training in the field of police and civil protection,” noting “the continuation of joint work and coordination between the two ministries in the future in the service of the two peoples and the two countries that have a brotherly relationship and a common history.”

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, The French Embassy in Libya honored the ten officers of the Joint Military Committee (5+5), in the presence of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.

According to a post posted on its Twitter account, the embassy said that the honor came “for the passage of a year, a month and a day, after the signing of the ceasefire in Libya.”

Also the embassy published pictures of the honoring, saying “United for a stable and sovereign Libya.”

Source: Libyan News Agency

Cairo, The President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi stressed that the problem of illegal immigration has exhausted the world and Libya as a transit country, and that preventing the waves of migrants from meeting the waves of the Mediterranean is purely a political fantasy, as long as economic conditions in migration source countries, still do not meet the simplest requirements for a decent life for millions of people.

In his speech at the COMESA summit in Cairo, Al-Manafi called on the European Union, its members and economic organizations to play a larger and more positive role in cooperation with the COMESA Organization and the African Union, to work on establishing sustainable economic development that accommodates and meets the aspirations of the continent’s youth, and ensures their future in their homelands.

Al-Manafi also called on COMESA General Secretariat and Member States to complete the organizational structures and logistical and technical procedures, which ensure the smooth flow of goods within the scope of COMESA, calling for a more integrated role in the field of food production, and the development of agricultural and production methods, through joint scientific and technical cooperation, between industrial and agricultural research centers wihtin COMESA countries, to create sustainable food security in the region.

The President of the Presidential Council stressed that Libya was and is still is one of the biggest supporters of development and prosperity in the African continent, and in building African institutions, especially the African Union and COMESA.

He added, “In Libya, we aspire that the COMESA member states contribute to enhancing security and economic stability, as Libya’s political, security and economic stability will enable it to playing its vital role in supporting and adopting African economic initiatives, and actively engaging in the common market programmes of countries,of east and south of the continent.

In his speech, the President also valued the efforts made by the COMESA countries to confront the emerging corona virus in the member states, through coordination with the African Center for Diseases Control, calling for more joint action to confront the waves of the epidemic that began again to cast a shadow on the international health and economic scene.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Breaking News: The High National Elections Commission initially accepts the files of (98) candidates for the presidential elections in Libya.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, Under the patronage of the Vice-President of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, the Ministries of Agriculture and Local Government signed this morning, Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, a memorandum of understanding with the Mediterranean Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Italy, the first of its kind in the framework of a broader short and long-term partnership.

In order to support spatial development projects, to enhance the food security of Libya. The signing ceremony was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, “Ramadan Boujnah”, the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Puccini, the Director of the Italian Institute, the Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Agriculture and Local Government, and a number of the relevant departments of the two ministries.

Prior to the signing ceremony, the Vice-President of the Presidential Council reviewed opportunities for promoting local development projects in southern Libya, and ways to activate joint treaties.

In turn, the Italian ambassador praised the cooperation of the Libyan authorities, especially the Presidential Council, in directing Italian cooperation to serve the Libyan needs and the interests of the Libyans, stressing his country’s readiness to continue implementing the long-term partnership, of which the signing of the agreement is part.

Ambassador Puccini pledged to provide scholarships and training for Libyan youth, in the fields of agriculture and development, within the framework of partnership and cooperation between the two countries.

On the sidelines of the signing, means of joint cooperation in the fields of agriculture, vocational training, education and enhancing food security were discussed.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Zuwara, The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity “Abdul Hamid Dbaiba” visited the municipality of Zuwara this morning, accompanied by his deputy, “Ramadan Boujnah” and a number of ministers, and in the presence of a number of mayors of the Amazigh municipalities and the surrounding areas.

After his thanks and appreciation to the people of the city and neighboring cities of the people of the homeland, Amazighs, the head of the government stressed to them the good reception, that he cannot allow the fate of the people to be tampered with, and you are the ones who decide the fate of this country, and you must unite

He stressed that the Amazighs are an integral part of the people of the country and they have the right to demand a constitution that guarantees them all rights, and that the most horrific thing that a person may be exposed to is to be exposed to the obliteration of his identity and the strength of our society lies in its diversity

In his speech, Dbaiba announced that he would instruct the Ministry of Education to facilitate the teaching of Amazigh language curricula in all Libyan schools, and for the Civil Status Department to register Amazigh names in a manner that does not contradict Islamic law.

In his speech, the Prime Minister called on the people of the country to unite and collaborate in order to build Libya in all fields and to stop the absurdity that occurred for successive years and not to rely on the foreigner in determining our destiny, and unifying opinions in order to achieve the goals.

In his speech, Dbaiba reiterated the total rejection of wars and divisions and the failure to respond to the calls of sedition and hatred provokes that will not build a homeland, stressing that mothers and fathers will not accept that their children turn into fuel for wars, conflicts and the return of dictatorship.

Dbaiba said, “The Libyan people realize that the political formula that caused them misery must end. It is unreasonable for the neighbor to fight his neighbor, and you are now facing a historic opportunity to open a new page and thwart all hostile schemes.”

On the upcoming elections in Libya, he said that its law has been politically tailored to the size of specific individuals to deprive Libyans of self-determination, and that the detail that occurred increases the suffering of the Libyans and deprives them of a comfortable future. The date for correcting the course of the electoral process in accordance with an agreed upon law.

In turn, the directors of housing, utilities, transportation and development of administrative centers gave an explanation of the development projects that will be implemented, and are being implemented in the mountain area, including the maintenance of expanding the coastal road from Zuwara to Sabratha, projects to complete and develop the port of Zuwara and lengthening the runway for Zuwara Airport.

With regard to water projects in the region, the implementation of the Zuwara desalination plant project, the Abuzyan Rahibat Jadu project, Nalut Zuwara, and the drilling of a number of Zintan wells, Jadu al-Rahibat al-Qalaa, and a number of mountain areas, were approved.

During the meeting, he announced the initiation of the construction and development of the Zuwara Hospital project, the construction of a number of schools, the implementation of the customs park and a customs building in Zuwara, and a number of projects were proposed in Nalut, Ghadames and Wazen.

At the end of the meeting, the Prime Minister announced the government’s interest in housing projects in all municipalities, and that the focus will be on implementing housing projects and completing suspended ones.

Source: Libyan News Agency