The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Manqoush, met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Cornel Feruza, at the Romanian Foreign Ministry headquarters in the capital Bucharest.
The Undersecretary of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that they did not request any documents from the Libyans and gave them a free visa, when they entered Romania.
Al-Manqoush discussed with the Romanian Foreign Minister the bilateral relations between the two countries for the benefit of the two peoples, the Ukrainian crisis and how to support the Ukrainian people and government politically and humanitarianly.
Berniq Airways announced today, Thursday, the suspension of all its domestic flights until further notice, and the continuation of external flights due to the closure of the airspace.
While the spokesman for Buraq Air, Amir Abusen, confirmed on his official page that domestic flights had been suspended until further notice.
Today, Thursday, National Oil Corporation reported that the oil ports in Brega, Sidra, Zuwetina, and Ras Lanuf are closed due to bad weather conditions, adding that some social media pages have reported inaccurate news published for purposes that do not serve the country’s interest.
The media office of the Corporation confirmed that the Libyan oil ports are open ports and it is impossible for the pilot to carry out his duties in a safe manner according to the safety guidelines for maritime shipping, in addition to the inability of the locomotive to handle connecting equipment and hoses between the floating berth in the offshore.
It is 0.750 nautical miles away from the beach near the hook area to avoid damaging the hull of the tanker or hitting the bottom. The office stated that there are calculations for the efficiency of the tug during the waves and the stresses that fall on the connecting equipment, indicating that National Oil Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to following the guidelines of the environment, health and marine safety, in addition to their commitment to applying the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code in the oil ports operated by its subsidiaries.
The Central Bank of Libya revealed in a statement today, Thursday, that the total spending during the months of January and February of this year amounted to 3.5 billion dinars, while the state’s sovereign revenues during the same period did not exceed the amount of 595 million dinars.
The Central Bank clarified in its statement that nearly 90% of spending during the first two months of this year was on salaries, which amounted to 3.1 billion dinars, although it did not include salaries for the month of February, as for the rest of the expenditure, it is distributed among the subsidy section, at a value of 318 million dinars, in addition to 55 million dinars to cover operating expenses.
The Central Bank added that the sovereign revenues amounting to 595 million dinars were distributed between the amount of 472 million dinars of tax revenues for the last period, the amount of 25 million dinars in customs revenues, and 98 million dinars of other revenues, noting that an amount of 11.4 billion dinars was received from National Oil Corporation related to taxes of previous years of other companies.
Adapted from Central Bank of Libya Official Facebook Page
The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohammed al-Huwaij, approved a number of investment projects throughout the country on Thursday, and also directed the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Privatization Affairs to implement them through the local and foreign private sectors according to the investment map.
The approved investment projects amounted to a total of 43 projects, where 14 projects are distrubuted over the western regions, 9 projects over the eastern region, and 20 projects over the southern region in the fields of tourism, agriculture, regular and renewable energies, food industries, building materials and construction, within the framework of implementing the plan of the Economy and Trade Ministry to achieve economic diversification, localize industries and activate investment map.
The production in the largest oil field in Libya has stopped producing, as the demonstrators threatened to close the main export terminal.
Sharara field, which produces 290,000 barrels per day, stopped working after an unknown group closed one of its main valves, according to informed sources, who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Adapted from Bloomberg Agency
The Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, sent a letter to the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, regarding activating the decision to increase the salaries of workers in the oil sector.
During the correspondence, Aoun demanded the activation of the decision to increase the salaries of workers in the oil and gas sector by 67%, according to the text of the decision 642, and that if it is not possible to implement it since the date of its issuance, remedies can be found regarding the previous period.
The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, held a meeting today, Wednesday, with a number of mayors of the municipalities of the eastern, southern and western regions, as part of his interest in activating decentralization and enabling municipalities to exercise their powers.
It also reviewed the difficulties facing these municipalities and their needs for development projects, especially those projects that serve more than one municipality.
During the meeting, Dbeibeh issued his instructions to form a ministerial committee that would be in a permanent session, to meet with the mayors of the municipalities and to solve the struggles they are facing.
The Chairman of the Directors Board of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanalla, met today, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the corporation in Tripoli, a delegation from Ajeilat municipality, which included the Dean of the Municipality, Miftah Al-Rahhal, a member of the municipality’s management council, the director of the Higher Institute for Water Technologies, and a number of Among the notables and sheikhs of Al-Ajeilat and representatives of the health sector in the municipality, and in the presence of the Director of the Department of Sustainable Development at the Foundation.
During the meeting, a number of topics of interest to the region and the basic and urgent needs of Ajailat municipality were discussed, most notably the support of health services and the contribution to equipping the established eye treatment center, as well as the needs of the Higher Institute for Water Technologies, especially the maintenance of student housing.
Sanalla also stressed that the Corporation works for the benefit of all Libyans, and improving conditions in these areas surrounding the oil sites is a moral duty on the Corporation, and we will not hesitate to provide the necessary support according to the available capabilities, adding that Ajeilat municipality is one of the areas of oil operations adjacent to the Mellitah Gas Complex.
The Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, and the Governor of Libya in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mustafa Bin Issa, participated in the twenty-sixth meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, with the participation of the ministers of non-member oil exporting countries.
The meeting ministers also agreed to continue compensating production with an amount of 400,000 barrels per day during the month of next April, while the next meeting of the organization will be on the 31st of this month.
