The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya, Elizabeth Hof, has confirmed the organization’s priority to provide medicines and medical supplies to support emergency health services in Libya, reiterating the its commitment to supporting the efforts of the Ministry of Health. This came during her meeting with the Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, where they discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation in the health field, according to the media center of the Government of National Unity. Both sides discussed setting up a mechanism for cooperation regarding strengthening the health response and providing medicines and vaccinations in the fastest possible way.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ethiopia has turned over to Dutch judicial authorities a 38-year-old Eritrean man suspected of playing a leading role in a major international criminal network that smuggled Eritreans to the Netherlands. The man extradited to the Netherlands already has been convicted in Ethiopia and sentenced to 18 years. Prosecutors say he worked with alleged people smuggling kingpin Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, who was put on the Netherlands most-wanted list last year. He escaped from custody in Ethiopia while on trial there on people smuggling charges, Dutch prosecutors said. “Since these criminal offenses partly took place in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service has jurisdiction to prosecute him for these crimes,” prosecutors said.

The U.S. State Department has stated that Libya’s Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is obligated “not to consider new agreements” after the latter recently a signed controversial hydrocarbons deal with Turkey. Breaking:@StateDept we note that Libya’s interim government is obligated under the provisions of the Libya Political Dialogue Forum roadmap not to consider new agreements that harm the stability of foreign relations of the Libyan State or impose long-term obligations on it. — Lena Argiri (@lenaargiri) October 4, 2022The deal sparked wide controversy and angered Libyan and international actors who deemed the agreement as “illegal”. Libya’s parliament have quickly rejected deal, declaring that Dbeibeh’s government is unauthorized to broker long-term agreements with international parties since its mandate had expired. The European Union have declared that Turkey’s agreement with Libya is “against Law of the Sea and infringes on third states’ rights.”

For more than a decade, Libya has been hanging between chaos and uncertainty, without any prospects for peace and stability. Instead, it pushed the region into a new vicious cycle of chaos and uncertainty, killing thousands and forcing many more to take refuge abroad. In the aftermath of Gaddafi’s killing, NTC declared Libya as a ‘liberated’ country and announced its plans to hold elections within eight months. The ‘Libyan Spring’ turned into a never-ending winter, governed by chaos, unrest, and a geographical, political, and ideological split between East and West. The US Special Envoy previously noted that holding elections is the best way out of the current political stalemate in Libya.

121 migrants were disembarked back on Libyan shores in the period from 25 September to 1 October, 2022, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). So far in 2022, 16,627 migrants have been disembarked on Libyan shores, IOM said on Wednesday. It added that 415 migrants died and 714 went missing in the period from 1 Jan to 30 September, 2022 on the Central Mediterranean route. in 2021, 32,425 migrants were disembarked on Libyan shores, while 662 died and 891 went missing, the Organization added.

Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aguila Saleh, sent an official letter to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, regarding the invalidity of any memorandums of understanding concluded by the Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, noting that they have no legal effect and do not bind the Libyan state. Saleh explained that the Dbeibeh government’s mandate had constitutionally ended in accordance with the terms of the political agreement, and had failed to carry out its duties and tasks specified in the road map issued by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) issued in December 2020. HoR Speaker said that the Dbeibeh government was involved in concluding memoranda of understanding and agreements for oil and gas exploration in the economic waters of the eastern Mediterranean with Turkey, in violation of the text Article VI, the tenth paragraph of LPDF. It is noteworthy that the sixth article of the tenth paragraph of the political agreement stipulates that “the executive authority shall not consider, during the preliminary stage, new or previous agreements or decisions that harm the stability of the foreign relations of the Libyan state or impose long-term obligations on it.”Saleh said that “committing this deliberate violation would destabilize the security and stability of the eastern Mediterranean region and with the neighboring countries of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus.”On Monday, the Government of National Unity signed two memoranda of understanding on energy and gas with Turkey. GNU Foreign Minister Najla Manqoush said in a press conference: “The memorandum of understanding between the two countries is in the interest of both countries and contributes to solving the global crisis regarding energy and gas.”

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The deal, whose details are yet undisclosed, has rekindled the dueling claims on maritime boundaries and gas and energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean, with Turkey and Libya on one side and Greece and Egypt on the other. Ankara shrugged off claims by Greece — and backed by the European Union — that the deal could destabilize the eastern Mediterranean. "We've signed a MoU on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya's territorial waters and on Libyan soil, by mixed Turkish-Libyan companies," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a press conference with his counterpart Najla al-Mangoush, the foreign minister of Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU). Libya's eastern-based parliament, which named Bashagha as the new prime minister in February, rejected Monday's deal, saying that the present government had no authority to sign any agreement. But a bilateral meeting between the two sides is unlikely, though Erdogan is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Ukrainian servicemen find a body of their comrade on the destroyed petrol station in the recently recaptured town of Lyman, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. The Ukrainian military appeared to have collected the bodies of their comrades after fierce battles for control of the town, but they did not immediately remove those of the Russians. In the Kherson region, he listed eight villages that Ukrainian forces reclaimed, “and this is far from a complete list. He said they were stopped by Russian forces and suffered high losses. On Monday, Ukrainian forces also scored significant gains in the south, raising flags over the villages of Arkhanhelske, Myroliubivka, Khreshchenivka, Mykhalivka and Novovorontsovka.

In response to the agreements that Turkey's Foreign Minister, Mevlüt avuşolu, signed in Libya, the State Department has issued a new "slap" against Turkey. According to the State Department, the Forum for Political Dialogue in Libya (LPDF) has obligated Libya's interim government not to sign any new contracts that would interfere with the nation's external relations or result in long-term liabilities. He continues, "We are aware of stories of the signature of a memorandum of agreement between the government of Turkey and the interim administration of Libya, but we have not yet seen the document. For information on the conclusion of recent conversations, we will direct you to the governments of Turkey and Libya. We urge all parties to avoid taking any moves that would make the Eastern Mediterranean tenser.

The head of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad al-Sayeh, convened a meeting on Sunday with senior officials of the HNEC departments and Abdul Hakim al-Shaab, a member of the commission's council. The meeting reviewed plans concerned with developing the mechanism of work and technical procedures for electronic systems. A statement by the HNEC said the gathering was part of a series of meetings that the commission is holding to follow up on the readiness of the departments and offices concerning the electoral process.

CAIRO: Egypt and Greece have rejected a memorandum of understanding signed in Tripoli between Libya’s Government of National Unity and Turkey for gas and oil exploration in Libyan waters. One is the Government of National Unity of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, who refused to step down after Libya failed to hold elections last year. We both challenged the legitimacy of the Libyan Government of National Unity to sign the said MoU.”He said he will visit Cairo on Sunday for further consultations. The Greek Foreign Ministry said that Greece is “closely following developments in Libya, particularly signing of an MoU on hydrocarbons between the Government of National Unity of Libya and Turkey. Greece said: “It is noted that the Turkish-Libyan memorandum of 2019 is illegal, invalid and non-existent.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Monday between Turkey and the Libyan Government of National Unity "envisages the development of bilateral scientific, technical, technological, legal, administrative and commercial cooperation on land and sea in the field of hydrocarbons," Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tanju Bilgic said on Tuesday in a statement, adding that objection of Greece and EU is "against both international law and the basic principles of the UN". Bilgic also urged the EU "not to exceed its authority, and to respect the sovereignty and equality of states in accordance with international law and UN principles". A high-level Turkish delegation paid a visit to Tripoli on Monday and signed an MoU that allows Turkey to explore oil and gas fields in some areas of the eastern Mediterranean, over which Greece claims to have sovereignty, Xinhua news agency reported. The Greek Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Greece intends to defend its sovereign rights with "all legitimate means". Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by FreshersLIVE.Publisher : IANS-Media

The agreement was also rejected by the eastern Libyan parliament, which supports the government Fathi Bashagha. The Turkish Foreign Minister said Born Çavuşoğlu and the Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Naglaa Al-Manqush At a ceremony in Tripoli, the deal is one of several agreements in a memorandum of understanding on economic issues aimed at benefiting both countries. It was not immediately clear whether any projects would in fact appear that involved drilling in the “exclusive economic zone”, which Turkey and a previous government agreed on in Tripoli In 2019, angering eastern countries The Mediterranean Sea the other. From the perspective of this exclusive economic zone, the two countries share a maritime border, which was rejected by Greece and Cyprus and criticized by Egypt and Israel. Asked if other countries might object to the new MOU, Çavuşoğlu said: “We don’t care what they think.”“Other countries have no right to interfere,” he added.

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