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Libya
Aguila Salah Issa and Khaled Al Mishri use referendum to stymie United Nations' power handover

By reviving efforts to stage a referendum on constitutional reform, the heads of the Tobruk House of Representatives and the High Council of State are trying to keep control of the crisis exit process even if it means undermining plans to hold elections at the end of 2021. [...]

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Aguila Salah Issa
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Libyan interior minister key to reopening Tunisia border crossing at Ras Jedir

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Aguila Saleh Issa taking great strides to save Bashagha

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, Aguila Saleh Issa.

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Guterres lobbies for the UN to take charge of militias' disarmament

The United Nations is seeking to take direct control of the disarmament of militias and the withdrawal of foreign forces away from the Libyan transitional government. Meanwhile the country's legislative and presidential elections scheduled for December 24 this year look more undermined than ever.

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Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

Spotlight | Libya
UNSMIL chief Jan Kubis seeks security affairs deputy

The UN mission's new number two will oversee the disarmament and reintegration of militia forces as well as security sector reform, two crucial processes that for now are going nowhere.

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Tunisia
Washington consolidates Tunisia-Libya electronic border surveillance wall

The electronic surveillance system on the Tunisian border, 285 km long and built by Aecom subsidiary URS, is supposed to detect jihadists trying to enter from Libya.

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Six years of consolidating the Libyan border.

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba, the businessman who became prime minister

The powerful Libyan businessman Abdelhamid Dabaiba, tasked with forming a new interim government, faces serious political opposition, even in his stronghold Misrata.

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Prime Minister of the Libyan Government od National Unity Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

Libya
France consults its traditional allies in southern Libya

France, which has taken a back seat in the United Nations' conflict resolution process, has consulted two of its long-standing allies in southern Libya, Abdelmajid Saif al-Nasr and Musa Koni, even though they are less influential than they used to be.

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Libya
Gaddafi's 'Air Force One' still stuck in France as EACS's technicians struggle to get visas

Libyan state-owned airline EACS is set to retake possession of the Airbus A340 which served as Muammar Gaddafi's presidential jet. The aircraft's return is being held up, however, by the unwillingness of the French embassy in Libya to issue visas for the company's technicians.

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Libya
Air Libya and Abu Dhabi facilitate Aguila Salah Issa's diplomatic missions

The president of Libya's House of Representatives is able to carry out his diplomatic business thanks to an executive jet provided by Air Libya, and to the discreet support of Abu Dhabi's ruling family.

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President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa.

Libya
Aguila Salah Issa tries to get back into the game in Paris after Bachagha goes it alone

Breaking news published on 12/01/21, 10.30 a.m. - Following the failure of his alliance with interior minister Fathi Bachagha, the head of the eastern Libyan parliament, Aguila Salah Issa, aims to rebuild his diplomatic support, starting in France.

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Libyan House of Representatives president, Aguila Salah Issa.

Libya
As Guterres is left in the lurch, Stephanie Williams to remain acting UNSMIL chief for a little longer

It's back to square one for the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his search for a special envoy to Libya after Nickolay Mladenov pulled out at the last minute.

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Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams.

Libya
Deputy house speaker Fawzi Al-Nuwayri lays trap for Aguila Salah Issa in Ghadames

Sorman MP Fawzi Al-Nuwayri is trying to make the most of Aguila Salah Issa's weakened political position to get a new speaker of the House of Representatives elected.

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Spotlight | Libya
UNSMIL set to launch Tunis peace talks with no leader

The African Union has nixed the only candidate up for replacing Ghassan Salamé at the head of the UN mission. Interim chief Stephanie Williams' term expires on 3 November.

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The tenure of Stephanie Williams, interim head of UNSMIL, will expire on 3 November 2020.

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations.

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French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris.

Libya
Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

In its efforts to influence negotiations to end the crisis in Libya, the European Union is hoping for support from the speaker of the eastern-based parliament, despite having slapped sanctions on him in 2016.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2020

Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament.

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