EU Reporter
Published 3 months ago
Amid the fiasco of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), which failed to form an interim government in divided Libya, the result of talks Wednesday between economic institutions representing the two sides to the conflict was an unexpected success, Bloomberg reported.
Stephany Williams, the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and current head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) recognized Tuesday that LPDF went to impasse as talks since November failed to form interim authorities in the country. The only result was an established date for new elections in December 2021.
Malta has offered Libya assistance in the education sector, in what Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo equated as offering the North African country the best possible weapon.
Bartolo and Education Minister Justyne Caruana visited Tripoli on Monday and met Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq, Foreign Minister Mohamed Siyala and Education Minister Mohammed Ammari.
They offered cooperation from the University of Malta and from Mcast in the teaching of English as well as educational programmes on personal skills and the resolution of problems and disputes without violence, according to an official statement.
Bartolo said the Maltese ministers had gone to Libya with the best weapon in hand, that of education.