NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
- The Libyan News Agency (LANA) has strongly condemned an armed raid on its headquarters in Tripoli and issued an urgent appeal for government authorities to intervene. In an official statement, the state media outlet said its historic offices in the capital were forcibly entered and occupied by a security force after business hours. According to LANA, the security personnel sealed the premises with red wax, barring all employees from accessing the building and carrying out their duties the following morning.
NATIONAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES
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U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Ambassador Richard Norland and Chargé d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt met in Tripoli with Presidential Council President Mohamed al-Menfi, according to Ambassador Norland. “We discussed ways in which the United States can help Libyans safeguard their sovereignty in the context of regional turmoil and also restore momentum to the UN-led political process, enabling the Libyan people to choose their leaders,” US Embassy quoted Norland.
“We reiterated U.S. support for economic stability and national reconciliation in Libya,” he added.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, (HoR) Aguila Saleh, participated in the sixth conference of heads of Arab councils and parliaments at the headquarters of the League of Arab States in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The conference discussed several files in the field of cybersecurity, and the necessity of safe employment of artificial intelligence in light of the major change that the Arab world is witnessing in the era of globalization and technology, according to a statement issued by the Media Center of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- EU Ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando said he met the Commander of the Libyan Coast Guard (Western Region) Admiral Reda Issa in Tripoli. “We reviewed our partnership aimed at saving lives at sea and improving Libya’s management of its borders, and identified areas for enhancing cooperation and building Libya’s capacity and human rights-compliance,” Orlando pointed out.
