The Abu Saleem prison massacre, which occurred on June 29, 1996, is considered one of the biggest violations of Muammar Al-Gaddafi regime in Libya and the largest mass killing operation, as it claimed the lives of about 1269 detainees, most of them prisoners of conscience.
The Libyan Ground Services Company (LGSC) suspended work for Libyan Airlines, Afriqiyah Airways and oil sector flights at Misrata and south region's airports, demanding a solution to their delayed salaries.
LGSC said in a statement that during a meeting with Transportation Minister, they hadn't reached a solution for the unpaid salaries and had to suspend work afterwards.
The US embassy in Libya has urged for continued calm in Libya and warned against any effort to achieve political gains by risking violence.
The US embassy added that on political front, it urges the House of Representatives and High Council of State to close the gap on the few remaining differences over a constitutional basis for elections.
These remarks came after the failure of the Geneva meetings between the Head of the High Council of State and the Speaker of House of Representatives to result in consensus on constitutional basis for elections.
UNSMIL has announced that the Geneva talks between the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Head of High Council of State in Geneva on 28-29 June 2022 have not brought up agreement, adding in a statement that despite the progress in this week’s negotiations between the heads of the respective chambers, disagreement persists on the eligibility requirements for the candidates in the first presidential elections.
The permanent delegation of Libya to the United Nations participated in the open debate called for by the Republic of Albania on Tuesday, in its capacity as the President of the Security Council for the current month, on the "Working methods of the Security Council".
Libya's delegate to the United Nations, Ambassador Taher Al-Sunni, addressed in his speech the need to improve the Security Council's working methods, especially for member states under Chapter7.
OPEC Council of Ministers, including Libya's Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, have met in an online meeting to review oil-production policies.
Wednesday's talks were joined by the Director-General of the General Department of Technical Affairs at the Oil Ministry and the Governor of Libya at OPEC, Mustafa Bin Issa.
US Ambassador/Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said on Wednesday that he had fruitful meetings during his visit to Tripoli.
Norland conducted an overnight visit to Tripoli to support Libya's transition toward elections, reconciliation, and sound financial management, according to a statement by the US embassy in Libya.
The Presidential Council (PC) held talks on Wednesday with the US Ambassador/Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, who conducted an overnight visit to Tripoli to support Libya's transition toward elections, reconciliation, and sound financial management, according to a statement by the US embassy in Libya.
The meeting was joined by the PC Head Muhammad Menfi and his two deputies, Abdullah al-Lafi and Musa al-Koni.
The British "Middle East Eye" website has revealed that Seven Sudanese rebel groups, including former Janjaweed forces, agreed to withdraw their forces from Libya at a meeting earlier this month.
The British website pointed out that a meeting was held in Niger from June 10 to 12, at the invitation of a French organization, was attended by representatives from the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, Norway, Turkey and Egypt.
The Geneva meetings, originally scheduled for June 28-29, between the Head of the High Council of State (HCS) Khalid Al-Mishri, and the Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh, have reached a deadlock as both Chambers appeared to disagree on crucial issues for the constitutional framework for Libya elections, media reports have said.
