On Thursday, the new head of Libyan Presidency Council Mohammad Younes Menfi is set to deliver a speech from Benghazi’s airport. Menfi’s media office said that the word will address issues of concern to the Libyan people. The office added that the new head of the Libyan Presidency Council will visit many Libyan cities in […].
By Sami Zaptia.
London, 10 February 2021:
As part of the international effort to signal their full support for the newly selected Libyan Presidency Council and prime minister of the Government of National Unity, the UN Security Council adopted the UK’s statement on Libya yesterday.
The UK has taken over as the President of the Security Council as of 1 February.
The statement welcomes the 5 February Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Geneva agreement on a new unified interim executive authority (GNU) charged with leading the country to the 24 December 2021 constitutionally based elections.
The LPDF’s Roadmap stipulates constitutionally based elections on that date.