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Tripoli 'stabilisation' summit paves the way for postponing elections

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush © Khaled Elfiqi/EFE/EPA/MaxPPP
The Libya Stabilisation Initiative meeting organised by Tripoli to get the crisis-recovery process back on track could lead elections slated for 24 December to be put off. Foreign minister Najla al-Mangoush is under pressure from prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is in favour of such a postponement. [...]
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Free access Diplomacy 30.09.2021

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