{"id":79036,"date":"2016-09-30T20:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/libya-eu-renews-sanctions-for-six-months\/"},"modified":"2016-09-30T20:22:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T18:22:59","slug":"libya-eu-renews-sanctions-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/libya-eu-renews-sanctions-for-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: EU renews sanctions for six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/libya-eu-renews-sanctions-for-six-months?lang=en\">Libya: EU renews sanctions for six months<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>On&nbsp;30 September&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;in view of the gravity of the situation,&nbsp;the Council&nbsp;prolonged the sanctions&nbsp;against Libya targeting three persons for six months.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On 1 April 2016, the Council added three persons&nbsp;to the&nbsp;list of people subject to EU restrictive measures against Libya.&nbsp;&nbsp;Agila&nbsp;Saleh,&nbsp;president of the Libyan Council of Deputies in the House of Representatives;&nbsp;Khalifa&nbsp;Ghweil, prime minister and defence minister of the internationally unrecognised General National Congress; and Nuri Abu&nbsp;Sahmain, president of the internationally unrecognised General National Congress, are viewed as&nbsp;obstructing the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement of 17&nbsp;December 2015 and the formation of a&nbsp;Government of National Accord in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>The Council remains concerned about the situation in Libya, and in particular about acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of the country, and that impede or undermine the successful completion of Libya&#39;s political transition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of EU External Action.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1f3bcbd4e2c650a\/200\/70\" alt=\"EU External Action\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/libya-eu-renews-sanctions-for-six-months?lang=en\">APO &#8211; Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libya: EU renews sanctions for six months: On&nbsp;30 September&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;in view of the gravity of the situation,&nbsp;the Council&nbsp;prolonged the sanctions&nbsp;against Libya targeting three persons for six months. 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