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The High Council of State (HCS) discussed political and security developments in Libya, including what it described as the divergence of the Government of National Unity (GNU) from the roadmap devised in the Geneva forum. The country faces a lack of transparency, its failure to be subject to accountability sessions or hearings, and its violations towards the legislative competencies of the existing councils, which included the statement of oil production, its expenditures, and revenues, in addition to the opening of the real estate registry, which was closed by a law from the Transitional Council, and its failure to carry out the preliminary procedures for elections, especially with regard to purifying the registry, which was committed by the GNU by signing long-term agreements that are binding for the Libyan state.

A Libyan mobile phone was hacked. At first, the system was operating normally, but after the countrys development was discussed by Parliament, the company was hacked. But the Telecom Holding Company denied any data leakage related to the users of a company, but the company was subjected to electronic attacks, and the company explained that the data that was attacked was related to the internal system of the employees within it and not the call log or the social networking accounts of the users. We can see from this that the government used new technology to control the country.

The company has formed a cybersecurity team to confront such attacks and protect the data of Libyan citizens, but the power of the government and militias is much greater than the power of the internal system. The Libyan website was hacked. Hackers seized data related to financial and accounting documents, personal information, passport data, auditor reports, strategic information, marketing data, and non-disclosure documents. And contracts from the Libyan company, a record of correspondence and conversations with the companys management.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court issued four new secret arrest warrants for crimes allegedly committed in Libya, he applied for two additional arrest warrants, but the judges have not yet decided on these two requests. The memoranda are currently being adhered to, stating that a team from the International Criminal Court will visit Libya in the coming days to discuss opening an office for the International Criminal Court in coordination with the Libyan authorities, stressing that the International Criminal Court is in contact with the families of the victims and survivors of violations in Libya and that the International Court sent 20 missions and collected more than 500 pieces of evidence, including audio clips, videos, and satellite images documenting war crimes in Libya. The International Criminal Court confirmed that the Libyan government of national unity must cooperate with the International Criminal Court.

On adherence to the arms embargo in Libya, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antnio Guterres, affirmed his appreciation for the continued efforts of the European Union, under mandates from the Security Council, and that all Libyan, regional, and international parties take the necessary steps to ensure strict compliance with the arms embargo and the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement, including the action plan and the withdrawal of mercenaries, foreign fighters, and foreign forces.

In accordance with paragraph 24 (b) of resolution 1973 (2011), the Security Council authorized the Panel of Experts to collect, examine, and analyze this information and to provide reports to the Council, relevant partners, and stakeholders, in particular the Libyan authorities that remain important in the implementation of authorizations. That all member states can complete the efforts of Operation IRINI through inspection in their territories, including at ports and airports, of goods destined for or coming from Libya.

Focusing on training and building the capacity of members of the Libyan Coast Guard and Navy, as well as Libyan port and customs authorities, in accordance with the arms embargo, and the inclusion of safeguards to protect human rights, are important in this regard.

The Libyan Ministry of Interior also announced that the ministrys border guards succeeded in rescuing 62 migrants near the Libyan-Tunisian border after they got lost in the desert.

The ministry confirmed that the desert security patrols of the border guards, which are in charge of securing the Libyan-Tunisian border with a length of 200 km, rescued the migrants from Ras Jedir to Wazen, and that the rescued migrants were of different nationalities, and the government found them in separate groups in the desert, and health care was provided. They were detained at the security border crossing until they were referred to the specialized authorities.

In the end, chaos is still going on in Libya, including oil, security, and illegal immigration, so the parliament must demand legislation on the internal security file.

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The head of a Libyan legislative body on Tuesday deplored the "return of dictatorship" in neighbouring Tunisia, expressing solidarity with a jailed opposition leader and high-profile critic of President Kais Saied.

Khaled el-Mechri is president of Libya's Tripoli-based High Council of State, which is the equivalent of a senate in the country split between a nominally interim government in Tripoli and an eastern administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

In a message on social media, Mechri deplored the detention in Tunisia "of the speaker of the parliament elected by the people, the thinker Rached Ghannouchi, because of an opinion he expressed".

"This absurd development bears witness to the return of dictatorship, of injustice and suppression of free expression in Tunisia," Mechri said. "Ghannouchi, you are not alone."

A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced Ghannouchi to a year in prison on terrorism-related charges after he was earlier accused of calling police officers "tyrants."

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His Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party condemned the sentence as "an unjust political verdict."

The case was one of several levied by authorities against Ghannouchi, whose party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021 as part of a power grab allowing him to rule by decree.

Ghannouchi was detained and remanded in custody in April after remarks warning that eradicating different viewpoints such as the left or political Islam might lead to a "civil war".

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Tunisia was the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings in the region more than a decade ago.

His arrest was the latest against Saied's opponents and drew international concern from the European Union, the United States and Germany.

Saied rejected such criticism as "flagrant interference."

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In Libya, which has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict since the 2011 revolt that toppled strongman Moamer Kadhafi, presidential and legislative elections set for December 2021 have still not taken place.

A rival to the senate which Mechri heads, the House of Representatives, sits in Libya's east.

His declarations risk creating tensions with Tunisia.

Tripoli-based interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah visited Tunis late last year in a move aimed at warming ties with Saied's government.

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A group of leading Libyan poultry breeders and egg producers are participating in the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) buyers function in Casablanca, Morocco from 14 to 17 May. The visit by the Libyan delegation was coordinated by AmCham Libyas Tripoli-based president, Debbie Hirst.

The purpose of this buyers function is to bring together US poultry exporters and African buyers under one roof so that they have opportunities to meet one to one to discuss, and hopefully, generate business.

The buyers are not only from North Africa but from all of Africa. There will be around 23 US poultry supply companies. In total it is expected that around 100 people at the event. Half of the first day is presentations. The rest of the time and remaining days are purely one-to-one meetings. Each US supplier will have a station. A trade reception will be held on one of the evenings.

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Speaking exclusively to Libya Herald at the Spanish Embassy, Tripoli, Alvaro Bordallo Sainz, Deputy Ambassador, said that since the visit of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Snchez, to Tripoli in June 2021, the Spanish Embassy was re-opened and has been in full operation since. The Embassy carries out activities ranging from political and cultural to trade and visas, he explained.

A constructive partner in building peace and stability for LibyaRegarding the political file, he said the Spanish Embassy seeks to engage with Libyan authorities from all areas of the political spectrum as well as representatives from civil society organisations.

Spain wants to be a constructive partner in building peace and stability for the people of Libya and in that respect, works closely with the rest of the International Community to contribute to a Libyan led political solution that will lead the country to elections that will ultimately fulfil the legitimate democratic aspirations of the Libyan people.

More Spanish companies are expressing interest in investing in LibyaOn trade relations, he said Spain has a trade office in Tripoli, which assists Spanish companies wishing to invest in Libya. Traditionally, Spanish exports to Libya revolve around the areas of construction material, pharmaceutical, foodstuff, equipment, services and agricultural products.

Since the end of the Libyan conflict, more Spanish companies are expressing interest in investing in Libya; there is therefore considerable room for increasing trade and exchanges to the benefit of both countries.

Spain has participated in this years edition of the Tripoli International Fair (TIF) as a first step to facilitate contacts and send a clear sign that Libya is open for business. The Embassy expects that this will result, in time, in more companies exploring the Libyan market. The Embassy has also visited the Libya Food Fair, Misrata Free Zone and the headquarters of the Alsahel Group to further prepare the ground for future investments.

Libyan exports to Spain revolve mainly around oil. Spanish company, Repsol, has been a long-lasting trade partner of Libya with a significant investment in corporate social responsibility projects benefiting local populations.

An ambitious cultural programmeSince June 2022, the Spanish Embassy has carried out an ambitious cultural programme aimed at bringing Spanish culture closer to the Libyan public and hence to bring our peoples closer through art and culture.

Every month since the beginning of the cultural programme, the Embassy has presented a taste of Spain, via its cinema, painting, music, fashion, dance and gastronomy. Several movies were projected in the context of the Spanish Film Festival, featuring comedy, action, thriller and animation. The response from the Libyan public was overwhelming and the response has always been outstanding.

Besides cinema, artists in the areas of painting, dancing, music, fashion and gastronomy have also visited Libya to produce their art and craft. The flamenco show that was hosted at the Red Castle of Tripoli in October 2022 was one of the most outstanding cultural activities of the Embassy of Spain.

Working on transferring visa applications to TripoliOn criticism by the general Libyan public that foreign embassies are not doing enough to facilitate the application for visas, the Deputy Ambassador said while the Embassy is operational since June 2021, logistic challenges remain in the area of visa application. As a result, the visa section of the Embassy continues to operate from Tunis. While some procedures can already be done in Tripoli, the Embassy is working towards a full transfer of the section to Tripoli as soon as possible.

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The giant 1.1bn cfd Mellitah gas processing complex west of Tripoli has been offline since 1 May to enable three-week comprehensive renovation of both the plant itself and the countrys two largest gas-condensate fields which supply it, offshore Bahr Essalam and Wafa on the Libyan border. All are operated by the Mellitah Oil & Gas JV grouping Eni with Libyas NOC, with Mellitah also supplying the Greenstream pipeline linking the plant with Italy Libyas only gas export route.

The planned shutdown, timed to coincide with a relatively low domestic gas/power demand period between Ramadan (22 March-20 April) and the summer peak, comes after unplanned outages in both 2021 (MEES, 2 July 2021), and 2022 (MEES, 18 February). It also comes as Eni looks to advance $8bn plans to develop an additional 6tcf of offshore gas reserves for processing at Mellitah (MEES, 3 February). (CONTINUED - 1081 WORDS)

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