By Muttaz Ali.
Tripoli, 16 April 2014:
Ministers have approved plans to bolster security procedures for foreign diplomatic staff with yesterday’s kidnapping of . . .[restrict]the Jordanian Ambassador dominating today’s cabinet discussions.
The cabinet collectively condemned the kidnapping of Ambassador Fawwaz Al-Eitan and charged all ministries to work together for his safe return. Minsters agreed that all security organisations across the country needed to do more to ensure the protection of foreign diplomats.
Also on the agenda for discussion was funding to be allocated to the Ministry of Culture for exhibitions and events in Tripoli. The city has been declared as the 2014 Capital of Arab Culture although a specific date for celebrations of the accolade has not yet been set.
The meeting was the first time the cabinet has assembled since Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni told the GNC in a “resignation” letter last week that he would not seek to form a new government. [/restrict]
