The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini to meet Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in coming weeks, according to communication of the European External Action Service (EEAS). In view of the upcoming Foreign Affairs council on Monday, 6/2/2017, Mogherini discussed with Minister Lavrov a range of international issues, starting with the situation in Libya, and the perspectives…
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EU to enforce training of Libyan guards
“We reaffirm our determination to act in full respect of human rights, international law and European values, and in conjunction with UNHCR and IOM”, – declared the EU28 from Malta Informal Summit #EUCO in Valletta today. “On the Central Mediterranean route, however, over 181,000 arrivals were detected in 2016, while the number of persons…
Al-Sarraj request of EU funds: where is Gaddafi's gold?..
“The European Union supports the Government of National Accord and your work, Mr Prime Minister (Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj), since the very beginning and is fully committed both here and on the ground to work with you for the benefit of all Libyans when it comes to security that we know very well is the first…
Trump's ban vs EU-Turkey deal?
Anna van Densky, OPINION While the EU-Turkey migrant deal is on the rocks, with President Erdogan claiming political refugees all over Europe, and jailing thousands of journalists and critics at home, EU’s left and centre-right politicians prefer to criticise President’s Trump ban on migrants from seven countries at high risk of jihadists infiltrations. The passions…
Migrant flows pressure on Europe to raise
This week European Commission put forward a package of ‘new’ proposals footed with 200 million euro to address problems of migration from North Africa. “It is essential that we all do more, all, meaning all together… and to suggest concrete actions that can be done and that can bring some positive results with an envelope…
EU-Libya: still no solution for migrants
On 24 January 2017, the High Representative Federica Mogherini met in Brussels with the United Nations Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler. Two top ranking international civil servants Federica Mogherini and Martin Kobler exchanged views on the political and security situation in Libya, and on the regional initiatives to support a…
Russia denies new military basis plans
Russia is not going to create any new military bases abroad, said Valentina Matviyenko the speaker of the Federation Concil, the higher chamber of Russian Parliament. Underlining the importance of the signed this month agreement between Russia and Syria on the expansion and modernization of the Russian Navy base in Syria’s Tartus, Matvienko assured that…
Tripoli: car bomb near Italian Embassy
A re-opened recently Italian embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli was not damaged by the car bomb explosion near the building. Two carbonated bodies of jihadists were found in the car cage. The stuff of the Embassy reported safe, although the sound of the blast was overheard in the entire vicinity. Some other vehicles were hit…
Tobruk: Haftar's raising influence
The visit of Libyan National Army Commander Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar at board of Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier reportedly to discuss the anti-terrorist strategy, stirred a whirlwind of comments concerning the future political reconstruction of Libya. The move interpreted by many experts as a sign of Kremlin’s definite choice to support Haftar as…
Malta EU presidency on migration
Managing migration crisis is a major focus of the upcoming upcoming Maltese presidency of the EU (2017). The Maltese politicians call for a ‘holisitc approach’, treating the root causes of the problem, but not only the consequences Europe experienced in 2016, when usual numbers of Africans illegally crossing Mediterranean have been at dramatic raise. As…
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