On Thursday, the Consular Affairs Department of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs completed procedures to send 1,500 new passports to Libyan communities residing in Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The ministry said that these measures come within the framework of the ongoing efforts to provide services to Libyan communities residing abroad.
It added that this also comes based on the instructions issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Najla Al-Mangoush to issue passports for Libyan citizens abroad.
The Consular Affairs Department has successfully sent 1,000 new passports to the Libyan Embassy in Cairo, as well as 500 passports to the Libyan Consulate in Dubai.
It also noted that preparations are currently underway to send passports to several other countries
Last year, Libya and Egypt signed 13 memoranda’s of understanding (MoU) with an initial value of $33 billion dollars (147 billion Libyan Dinars) for reconstruction in the country.
The MoU’s included one between the Central Agency For Organisation and Administration in Egypt and the Civil Service in Libya. Another agreement was signed to establish a joint commercial committee. They also included an agreement between the Egyptian Industrial Development Authority and the Libyan Ministry of Industry and Minerals.
As well as ones in agriculture, social solidarity, civil aviation security, oil and gas, and counter-maritime pollution, marine search and rescue, housing, construction, and youth and sports.
A number of agreements were also inked between the Egyptian private sector and the Libyan government.
One of the MoU’s was signed between Libya’s Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres and the coalition of Egyptian companies Orascom Construction, Rowad Modern Engineering, and Hassam Allam Holding.
The Egyptian coalition also signed an agreement with the Libyan Housing and Infrastructure board to complete the third ring road project in Tripoli. Another agreement was with the Libyan Transportation Ministry to provide maintenance for the Ajdabiya-Jalu highway.
The Libyan General Electricity Company (GECOL) signed an agreement to design and supply two gas stations in the cities of Derna and Mellita. A separate agreement was signed to contract a group of Egyptian advisers to the projects of the two stations.