Tripoli, Under the slogan “Challenges of Reality and Steps to the Beginning”, the Libya International Spatial Development Forum was held today at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Tripoli. The event was held in the presence of Ramadan Boujanah, Deputy Prime Minister, Mohamed Al-Hwej, Minister of Economy and Trade, several undersecretaries, specialists and interested parties from state institutions, business leaders, and a group of dignitaries from the Libyan south. It seeks to provide a full briefing on the characteristics and advantages of the Libyan south and to draw a road map for the development of the regions of the Libyan south through transit trade and its services. Transit trade needs infrastructure expenditure: airports, ports, roads, and warehousesMinister Hwej said Libya will need four main airports in large cities to establish transit trade, deep ports to accommodate ships of large sizes and deep drafts, and two main roads. One of these transit trade roads would extend from Misrata to the southern Free Zone of Tamanhint and from there to Niger and the rest of the sub-Saharan African countries.

Source: Libya Today January 04, 2023 20:56 UTC