Al Arabiya: Geneva meeting on Libya to be held in mid-October

CAIRO -23 September 2020: Al Arabiya TV reported that the Geneva meeting on Libya will be held in mid-October, indicating that the meeting aims to reconstitute the Libyan Presidency Council.

 

Earlier, the National Oil Corporation in Libya announced that the status of force majeure had been lifted in the eastern oil port of Zueitina, after conducting a security assessment of the situation in the port and its associated fields.

 

The corporation also allowed the resumption of operations in the ports of Harika and Buraiqa, after an eight-month closure of most oil facilities in Libya.The government institution said in a statement that it is assessing the security situation at ports and other oil fields.

 

In January, the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal KhalifaHaftar, closed all oil ports in the east of the country. However, an agreement was reached, and the decision was reversed, allowing oil production to resume.

 

Major General Ahmed al-Mismari, the spokesman for the LNA, said they had agreed to a fair division of the oil revenues. The revenues will be shared equally between all Libyans residing in the east, west, and south alike.

 

The committee to oversee this will consist of Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ahmed Maiteeq, as well as tribal sheikhs, and members of the Libyan Parliament.

 

Libya’s oil revenues amounted to about $20.3 billion in 2019.

 

Civil war broke out in Libya after the toppling of long-time ruler Muammer Gaddafi in 2011, who was later killed. Numerous militias are fighting for power and influence in the country, with Tripoli-allied militias backed by Turkey, Qatar and Italy. 

 

Meanwhile, eastern-based military commander KhalifaHaftar’s Libyan NationalArmy is backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, France and Russia.