This is a real scoop of La Stampa. The general who controls Cyrenaica, Khalifa Haftar was in Rome on January 8 to meet with US Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates (in charge of Libya and North Africa), and Richard Norland, American ambassador for Libya. The news emerged by crossing the information [...]
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According to Reuters, Fayex al-Serraj, prime minister of Libya's national agreement government, said during a speech in Tripoli al-Serraj that he had met Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army in Abu Dhabi for " stop the bloodshed, reach a formula to avoid the conflict and the military escalation of [...]
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Everything is ready for the Palermo conference. Acquasanta harbor to be emptied at least in part, schools closed at Arenella, roads forbidden from the center to the outskirts, where the hotels that will welcome international guests are located. The neighborhood around Villa Igiea, transformed into a fortress. Next Monday and Tuesday, therefore, an armored city ready to host the first [...]
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According to reports from the UN Mission in Libya (Unsmil), the death toll of the clashes in Libya in the last 47 days is at least 129 dead and 8 injured. Unsmil, in the note issued today, also invited "the various parties affected by the conflict to an extended meeting for Tuesday at noon in a place that [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As reported by The Libyan Observer, member of the Higher Council of State (HCS) Abdelrahman Al-Shater said last May that the French initiative to resolve the political impasse in Libya is in the interest of France and its goal is to control Libya through its agents already present in the country. [...]
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The head of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, met Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi today in Tripoli. During the meeting, which took place in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy in Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, the CEO of Eni took stock of Eni's current activities in the country, also in light of the recent [...]
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After yesterday's informal Brussels summit, where Giuseppe Conte presented the Italian proposal on immigration, the "European Multilevel Strategy for migration" which aims to move the reception centers to Libya and North Africa, today is the turn of the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini who in flight to Libya will have a [...]
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After the meeting he had yesterday with the president of the Libyan national council, Fayex al Serraj, the president of the United States, declared that America continues to "support" the Libyan government of national concord and "the efforts facilitated by the UN to achieve political reconciliation in Libya ”. According to the note released by the House [...]
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Russia is preparing a meeting in Moscow between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and the commander of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar. This was reported by the daily Izvestia, citing "a high-level source close to Russian diplomatic circles". The information, adds the newspaper, was confirmed by Serraj himself, who has already given his ok [...]
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According to what we read in "La Repubblica", General Khalifa Haftar, the strong man of Eastern Libya, will be in Rome on September 26 after accepting an invitation made by the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on his trip to Libya to at the end of August, underlining the discontent of the government of national unity recognized by the international community with [...]
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Developing a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
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British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson met eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar today in Benghazi, according to a military spokesman. The meeting was on the "development of the political situation", explained Khalifa al Abidi, without giving details. Before going to Benghazi, Johnson was yesterday in Tripoli, then in Misrata, where he met [...]
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The governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States "welcome the August 17 announcement by the Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend the major, Mahmoud al Werfalli", commander of the elite forces on which a International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for unlawful killings. Through a joint note, the three countries ask the LNA [...]
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In an interview with La Stampa, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano stated that the situation in Libya is changing, "On the other side of the Mediterranean the wind is changing: we must quickly adjust the sails and use it to stop human trafficking ". The minister explained that the Libyan government of Fayez al-Serraj [...]
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Gentiloni asked Parliament to approve the line of military intervention in Liabia. Are we running after the French once again? “The problem is not to run after the French as Italy has never been interventionist, on the contrary it has always taken time, sometimes too long, before deciding. Libya and the Mediterranean [...]
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