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Italy : “a new migration emergency is approaching”

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 At least 20,000 migrants are poised to set out from the coast of North Africa toward Italy, the Italian Interior Ministry has said. In a letter to the European Commission, it dramatically warned that “a new emergency is approaching” and called for a common European strategy in response.

Italian intelligence sources quoted by La Stampa daily newspaper claimed that migrants will set out in boats and dinghies, mainly Libya, encouraged by the return of NGO vessels patrolling the coast of Libya.

With a “new emergency” imminent, the Italian government has asked the EU “for an equitable distribution of asylum seekers.” According to the Corriere della Sera daily newspaper, Spain, Greece, Malta and Cyprus support Italy’s position. Rome has called on Brussels both to negotiate with Libya and Tunisia on ways to check departures, and to explore how to manage arrivals within the EU.

“We had enough of words and promises from Brussels on the migrant quotas. Now we need facts,” Enzo Amendola, the Italian minister for EU affairs, told the ANSA news agency, pointing out that the questions posed by Italy and other Mediterranean EU states “need an answer now.”


The National Oil Corporation and Akakus Oil Operations Company discuss the current security situation in Al-Sharara field

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The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mustafa Sanalla, met on Wednesday, 10th of June 2020, at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation “NOC” in Tripoli, with the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Akakos Oil Operations Company, Mr. Nouri Al-Seid, in the presence of the members of the Board of Directors, Mr. Abulgasem Shengher and Mr Elamari M. Elamari.

During the meeting, the safety of workers and the current security conditions in the oil field of Al-Sharara were discussed in light of the deteriorating security conditions at the field and the entry of dozens of armed men with weapons and ammunition, some of them were intoxicated , in a flagrant violation of the precautionary measures of the Corona pandemic. Developments were also discussed regarding the suspension of production operations carried out under the chaotic armed gunmen, under command of the so-called 166 battalion .

In this regard, Sanalla commented: “Our workers were coerced to suspend production, which forced us to announce the  state of force majeure, and this comes in order to maintain the safety of our workers in the first place. Although the restart of production is prerequisite in order to save what can be saved of the infrastructure that collapses under the NOC and people’s watch and by a rogue group pretending to protect the country, and despite the importance of saving the national economy from further deterioration due to the loss of selling opportunities that are gone forever which exceeded five billion and four hundred million US dollars as a result of these unjust closings, but the safety of our workers in all fields, locations and oil ports remains a top priority.”

To conclude the meeting, the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors stressed that the National Oil Corporation has taken all the necessary legal measures to pursue the outlaws, and the perpetrators of these unjust deeds will receive their punishment

Libya’s GNA and LNA engage in UN-supported 5+5 joint military commission talks

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The United Nations support mission in Libya said in a tweet on Wednesday that both Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) are engaged in the third round of 5+5 joint military commission talks.

The mission convened a meeting with the LNA delegation on June 3 and another meeting with the GNA delegation June 9, according to statement posted by the mission.

“The Mission is particularly concerned by reports of escalation and mobilization in and around the city of Sirte”, statement added.

Libya registers 19 new coronavirus cases, 378 in total

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The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) analyzed on Wednesday, June 10, 683 blood samples.

The center confirmed that 664 samples have tested negative for Covid-19, while 19 samples tested positive.

The NCDC confirmed also that a patient has recovered from the disease.

Libya has a total of 378 cases, 59 recovered patients as well as five deaths.

The number of coronavirus cases has surged in Libya this month, with health authorities blaming the biggest outbreak in a southern city on the repatriation of nationals stranded abroad.

Libyan and international health agencies have warned of the high risks of any wave of coronavirus cases in Libya.

“The fear, if cases rise, is that citizens will not follow social distancing procedures. Then we will be unable to deal with all the cases,” said Ali Saidi, head of Sabha’s quarantine center where three out of 16 intensive care beds are occupied.

China provides anti-coronavirus medical aid to Libya

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 The Chinese Embassy to Libya said on Wednesday that a shipment of Chinese medical aid will reach Libya in a few days to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The medical aid has arrived at Tunisia’s Tunis-Carthage International Airport and is expected to be transported to Libya in a few days, according to the embassy.

“The aid includes 834 nucleic acid diagnostic kits, 5,000 medical protective suits, 15,000 N95 masks, 100,000 surgical masks, 5,000 goggles and 5,000 pairs of medical gloves,” the embassy said.

According to Libya’s National Center for Disease Control, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the North African country has reached 359, including 58 recoveries and five deaths.

People killed, others injured in mine explosion in south Tripoli

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The media adviser of Libya’s Health Ministry Ameen Al-Hashimi said Wednesday that seven people were killed and ten others were injured in mine explosions in Ain Zara and Wadi Rabea in southern Tripoli.

The total death toll of the mine explosions, planted by Haftar’s forces, reached 34 persons and 50 injuries, according to documented reports by the joint committee to document human rights violations of the Ministry of Justice.

Eni says situation at Libya’s Mellitah has returned to normal

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Italian energy group Eni said on Wednesday the situation at the Libya Mellitah Oil & Gas terminal had returned to normal after reports said operations had been interrupted.

“The situation has returned to normal and the plant has restarted operations regularly,” an Eni spokesman said in an emailed comment.

Mellitah, a joint-venture between Eni and Libya’s National Oil Corporation, exports oil and gas through a port some 100 km west of Tripoli near the Tunisian border.

Libya’s NOC says output shut down at El Feel oilfield

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Production at Libya’s El Feel oilfield has been shut down, National Oil Corporation (NOC) and two oil engineers based there said on Wednesday, only a few days after it had resumed operations following a months-long blockade.

NOC and one of the engineers said it was shut down by an armed group.

“This is a serious criminal act against the Libyan people and its interests. It demonstrates again the failure of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) to carry out their legal duties of protecting the oil sector’s facilities and workers,” NOC stated.

Production at another field, Sharara, that had also restarted after military gains by the internationally recognised government, was shut down on Tuesday.

Muhammad El-Majzoub: these people have come to take revenge

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 In a televised interview for Libyan WTV channel yesterday, the former director of the contribution management at the Libyan Foreign Bank, Mr. Muhammad El-Majzoub, accused the current executive management of the Libyan Foreign Bank, represented by Najib Al-Jamal, Al-Kaabar and Omar Hajjaj, of coming to the bank out of revenge, considering that “they have expired”.

Mr. Majzoub also expressed his surprise that the CEO has assumed several duties as director and chairman of more than one bank.