UNSMIL welcomes positive responses by fighting Libyan parties to calls for humanitarian pause
By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 March 2020: UNSMIL welcomed today what it called ‘‘the positive responses’’ by both the fighting ...
Tag: ceasefire truce
International community and UNSMIL call for humanitarian truce in Libya in view of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak
By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: WHO). London, 17 March 2020: The Embassies of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United ...
Hafter in Paris yesterday and Berlin today
By Sami Zaptia. Khalifa Hafter (Photo: Archives from LANA). London, 10 March 2020: Media outlets aligned to the commander of ...
UNSMIL condemns continuing truce violations as its beleaguered Libya political track negotiations in Geneva go ahead – despite boycotts
By Sami Zaptia. London, 28 February 2020: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned the continuing Tripoli truce ...
France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union welcome ‘‘considerable progress’’ in the UN-facilitated Libya military ceasefire talks in Geneva
By Sami Zaptia. London, 25 February 2020: The Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, ...
Draft ceasefire agreement reached at 5+5 Libya military talks in Geneve: UNSMIL
By Sami Zaptia. London, 24 February 2020: A draft ceasefire agreement has been reached at the second round of the ...
U.S. Ambassador Norland pays first visit to Libya – meets Haftar first
By Sami Zaptia. U.S. Ambassador Norland chose to meet Khalifa Hafter first in eastern Libya for his first ever visit ...
NOC evacuates fuel tankers from Tripoli port after it was hit by projectiles
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 18 February 2020: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that fuel vessels were ...
Principle of accepting truce is respected in Geneva talks on Libya – despite often violated fragile truce: Salame
By Sami Zaptia. London, 18 February 2020: UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame put a positive spin today at the end of ...
Explanation of U.S. vote on the UN Security Council Resolution on Libya Ceasefire
By Sami Zaptia. London, 13 February 2020: Cherith Norman Chalet, Acting Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN offered a ...
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