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English News and Press Release on Libya about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; published on 07 Feb 2021 by EC

By Sami Zaptia. London, 28 January 2021: EU Ambassador Jose Sabadell held talks in Benghazi this week with the National Forces for Peace, the organisation for marginalised cities, and the head of the Supreme Council for Al-Zwiya Tribes, Sheikh al-Senussi al-Haleeg. The EU reported yesterday that meeting participants expressed appreciation for the results achieved so far by the Berlin Process and stressed the need for national reconciliation. It reported that all participants agreed that Libya ...

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya Stephanie Williams Briefing to the Security Council Format Members of the Security Council, I wish to congratulate Tunisia for assuming the Presidency of the Council for the month of January. This month marks one year since Chancellor Merkel of Germany and the Secretary-General convened the Berlin Conference on 19 January 2020. The Conference did not put an immediate end to the conflict and the suffering of the Libyan people. Nor ...

Summary Key European states need to make Libya a shared foreign policy priority, and to overcome their competing approaches to the country. Europeans must reinvigorate the UN political track and use it to reinforce a unified national structure rather than entrench competing administrations. They should focus on protecting Europe’s core interests in Libya: sustainably ending the conflict, creating a reliable local partner, and preserving European influence. To make the UN process work, Europea...

21.01.2021 The US has maintained a relatively passive approach to Libya under President Donald Trump, whose administration largely left the Libyan dossier to Egypt, several Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Europeans, and Russia. In 2021, however, America’s new leadership will probably try to assert US influence in the war-torn country more actively, argue CSS Lisa Watanabe and Giorgio Cafiero in this CSS Blog. Image courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Brigitte Brantley/DVIDS. President-elect Joe Biden and those ...

The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States respond to recent progress made by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum.

Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya Format Begin text: The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States welcome the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) vote in favor of the selection mechanism for a new interim executive authority, which will guide Libya toward national elections on December 24, 2021. This is an important step towards Libyan unity. The LPDF’s decision affirms the clear demands of the Libyan people that it is time for a change o...

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat. 21 January 2021: A wasted decade is the story of Libya and apathy of an interventionist but irresponsible international community to put it mildly. Arab Spring that started in Tunisia also called “Jasmine Revolution’ left the failing and falling regimes in its wake. The hapless and more disgruntled people are trying to cope with fractured socio-economic fabric as political stability has become a distant goal. Libya faced the worst due to sheer negligence and ...

Image courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Brigitte Brantley/DVIDS. The US has maintained a relatively passive approach to Libya under President Donald Trump, whose administration largely left the Libyan dossier to Egypt, several Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Europeans, and Russia. In 2021, however, America’s new leadership will probably try to assert US influence in the war-torn country more actively.[i] President-elect Joe Biden and those in his inner circle have vowed to push back against Moscow in various ...

Saturday, 17 April 2021, 11:23 NATO concerned about Russias military build-up in Black Sea region, Crimea - Stoltenberg 15.01.2021 10:04 Ukrinform NATO is greatly concerned about Russias increased military build-up, including in the Black Sea region and in Crimea, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He said this at a briefing on Thursday evening following a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. "This is something we follow and monitor very closely at NATO....