"In the coming days, the Libyan parliament will take action to ensure the withdrawal of international recognition of this government," parliament speaker Aguila Saleh told AFP in an interview during a visit to Cyprus. "It is time to form a new government supported by the Libyan people and parliament." Libya's parliament has itself been weakened by the departure of several dozen anti-Haftar lawmakers for Tripoli. They also discussed ways to counter Turkey's two Libya agreements, which Cyprus strongly oppose. The other sets a maritime boundary between Libya and Turkey, which has angered Greece and Cyprus as they step up plans to exploit offshore gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean.

Source: Standard Digital December 29, 2019 06:11 UTC