Debbie Hirst, President of AmCham Libya, said, “We are really happy that ECP is coming back to Libya this year. The second edition in 2023 shows that Libya continues on its positive trajectory and AmCham is excited to be part of it.”“ECP is proud to once again partner with AmCham Libya for this important summit. AmCham Libya plays a crucial role in facilitating business between U.S. and Libyan companies, and through the summit, we believe that this will extend into various segments of the Libyan energy sector. U.S. companies have historically played an important role in expanding the Libyan energy sector. Today, major players including oilfield services providers Halliburton and Schlumberger, and industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE), are members of AmCham Libya and provide technology and best practices that advance the energy sector in Libya.

JAKARTA: At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said. “Provisionally, there are 19 people who are still being searched for,” Muhamad Arafah, head of the local search and rescue agency in Kendari city in Southeast Sulawesi, said in the statement. One search team will dive around the accident site, while another will search the water’s surface using boats, he said. The ferry was crossing from Lanto village on Buton island to Lagili village on Muna island in Southeast Sulawesi, the agency said. In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world’s deepest lakes on Sumatra island.

According to the vessel events of the Tareq Bin Zeyad, it entered Maltese waters at 5:47am but immediately left the area. Apart from two AIS signals at 2:03am and 3:47am, the Tareq Bin Zeyad was not signalling any positions. Between 2017 and 2022, the Tareq Bin Zeyad brigade arbitrarily detained 25 people because of their political views or affiliations. However, photos captured by the NGO from its aircraft show the 250 people being boarded onto the Tareq Bin Zeyad. Recently a joint journalistic investigation from Lighthouse Re-ports, Der Spiegel, and El Pais confirmed that it is the Tariq Bin Zeyad brigade carrying out the pullbacks to Benghazi.

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Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Sunday for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit as she convened a summit of some 20 nations, EU officials and international organisations aimed at stanching flows of illegal migration. The one-day conference is a Meloni initiative that aims to make Italy a leader in resolving issues affecting Mediterranean nations. Chief among them is migration, as Italy sustains hundreds of new arrivals daily on Europe’s southern border, but also energy as Europe looks to Africa and the Middle East to permanently replace Russian supplies. Meloni told the opening meeting that Western arrogance had likely stood in the way of solutions to the migrant issue. She proposed four main prongs for future co-operation: fighting criminal organisations trafficking migrants, better managing flows of migrants, supporting refugees and helping countries of origin.

Prime Minister Robert Abela met with his Libyan and Ethiopian counterparts on Sunday, with recent initiatives involving Malta and the two North African countries on the agenda. The bilateral meetings were held on the fringes of an international migration conference in Rome, organised on the initiative of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. In his meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the two leaders discussed plans to develop an undersea interconnector linking Malta and Libya, the Office of the Prime Minister said. Photo: DOIThose deals came months after Abela welcomed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Malta for a brief visit in February. The two leaders again met on the fringes of the Rome conference and discussed those MOUs and the aviation deal signed.

Prime Minister Robert Abela called for sustainable economic development in Africa as a means to combat irregular migration when speaking at a Rome summit. He said the European Union must look at Africa as an equal partner with economic cooperation based on “respect”. The Maltese prime minister was addressing an international summit on Cooperation and Migration held in Rome on Sunday. Abela said the summit’s agenda emphasising economic development and cooperation was in line with Malta’s policy on migration. Opening the conference, Meloni said talks would focus on illegal and legal immigration, refugee support and "the most important... wide cooperation to support development in Africa".

After a ten-year hiatus, the first flight between Rome and Tripoli will start tomorrow. The news was announced by Prime Minister of the Tripoli based Libyan government, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba today. Aldabaiba was speaking before the start of the Conference on Migration and Development in Rome. He said the first flight will be from Rome to Tripoli. Aldabaiba added that ‘‘This is a step that paves the way for opening airspace with other countries, and we will work in the future to open an air route between Rome and Benghazi.’’Libya must fulfil certain preconditions before flights to Italy resume by September – but flights could resume earlier (libyaherald.com)

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government not only violated the constitution and law in 15 months but also deprived the poor of their livelihood. “How the people, who are drawing salary of Rs35,000-50,000, will pay the electricity bill of Rs15,000-20,000?” he said. The AML head said now electricity, gas, flour and sugar were out of the people’s reach. The incumbent government, instead of giving them relief, had done everything in 15 months which had inflicted sufferings on the people. Sanctity of human rights was violated, children and women were taken away from their homes and innocent people were put behind bars.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh told the leaders of Europe and Southern Mediterranean in Rome today that his government rejects any proposal to settle migrants in Libya. The Libyan premier was speaking during the International Conference on Development and Migration, which was hosted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the aim of “launching a multi-year road map, with concrete and verifiable commitments by the participating States on development and migration,” according to a statement by the Italian government. In his speech, Dbeibeh called for establishing “a balanced partnership with the European Union Commission” to address the migration crisis.

The Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), a subsidiary of Libya’s National Oil Corporation, has stopped two leaks in the flow line linking the block station and the main pumping station in the Al-Bayda oil field, and another leak in the main line linking the Masala-Al-Sarir fields. It stated that the leaks were caused by corrosion, and affirmed that all its fields are operating normally without interruption.

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office announced that Pakistan’s mission was actively engaged in providing support to Pakistani-origin detainees in Libya. The mission has been in contact with the detainees and is collaborating with the United Nations to ensure their well-being, said spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch. During the visit, he met with detainees of Pakistani origin and provided them with essential items, including food and basic necessities. Furthermore, the mission has established communication with the United Nations medical team to arrange routine medical check-ups for the detainees and ensure the provision of necessary medicines. Additionally, they are in contact with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to facilitate the detainees’ early repatriation to Pakistan.

Pakistan is in contact with Pakistani-origin detainees in Libya and was interacting with the United Nations for their medical check-ups and provision of medicines, the country’s Foreign Office spokeswoman told reporters on Saturday. In response to the media queries regarding Pakistani nationals detained in Benghazi, Libya, spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: “On the instructions of the foreign minister, our Charge d’affaires in Tripoli, Ashiq Ali, visited the detention centre in Benghazi and met with the detainees of Pakistani origin. Food and basic necessities have been provided to them.”She said, “Our mission is in contact with the United Nations medical team for routine check-ups and provision of medicines to the detainees. The mission also remains in contact with the IOM for their early repatriation.”A month ago, over two thousand Pakistanis who were attempting to move to Italy illegally have been detained in Libyan jails

It will mark the first concrete step in an operation years in the making aimed at preventing a massive oil spill in the Red Sea. “We have reached a critical stage in this salvage operation,” Steiner told The Associated Press hours after the salvage team on Saturday managed to moor the replacement vessel alongside the Safer tanker in the Red Sea. The UN has for years campaigned to raise funds for the salvage operation which cost $143 million, including purchasing a new storage vessel to replace the rusting tanker, Steiner of the UNDP said. “Many thought it would never happen,” the UNDP administrator told the AP from New York, adding the salvage team has up to five weeks to complete the whole operation. After transferring the oil, the replacement vessel would be connected to an under-sea pipeline that brings oil from the fields, he said.

Mediterranean and Middle East countries will meet in Rome on Sunday to boost efforts to stem illegal migration flows, with Italy saying the aim is to help countries in Africa in order to reduce the impetus for migrants to reach Europe. The meeting will focus on building partnership for projects in sectors including agriculture, infrastructure and health, an Italian government statement said on Friday. “The conference aims to govern the migration phenomenon, combat human trafficking and promote economic development according to a new model of cooperation between states,” the statement said. “This is a foreign policy initiative where Italy will exercise its key role in the wider Mediterranean, with the aim of launching a multi-year road map, with concrete and verifiable commitments by the participating States on development and migration,” adds the statement. Planned participants include Tunisia, Turkey, Libya, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates, along with the European Union and the IMF, Italian officials told Reuters.