Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 8/16/1999
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of August 16, 1999
- Gaddafi: Africa should unite
Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi said that it is time to end wars in Africa, and focuse should be on establishing the United States of Africa. Libya-Africa, Politics, 8/21/1999 - US reiterates its position on Libyan sanctions
US State Department spokesman James Rubin said yesterday that it is "premature" for the US to speculate about Libyan cooperation with the trial to begin next February in the Netherlands before a Scottish court of the two Libyan suspects in 1988 bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. Libya-USA, Politics, 8/20/1999 - Libya plans to invest $ 00 million in Ethiopia Libya-Ethiopia, Economics, 8/19/1999
- Permanent fair for Egyptian products in Libya
Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili agreed to the establishment of a permanent fair for Egyptian products in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Egypt-Libya, Economics, 8/19/1999 - Arrangements for exceptional African summit discussed by Libya with Organization of African Unity
Omar El-Montaser, the secretary general of the general public committee for the external communications and Libyan international cooperation, held discussions yesterday with Ahmed Hagag, the assistant secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, who is currently visiting Libya. Libya-OAU, Politics, 8/18/1999 - Congress report: Libya may be removed from list of terror sponsors
Reports by the US Congress' Congressional Research Service stated that the Clinton administration is seeking to remove Libya from the US list of the terrorism-sponsoring states and that Syria will not be far from a similar measure. Libya-Syria-USA, Politics, 8/18/1999 - Libya, Sierra Leone for bilateral cooperation Libya-Sierra Leone, Politics, 8/16/1999
- A Libyan, Chad, Mali summit in Tripoli
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi held intensive meetings on Sunday in Tripoli with Chadian President Idris Debi and Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare, during which the three presidents discussed preparations to convene the special African summit to be held in Libya during next month and means of making it a success to maintain the unity and progress of the African continent. Libya-Mali-Chad, Politics, 8/16/1999