The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Libya, Jan Vyčítal renewed his support for holding the upcoming elections in Libya.
This came during his meeting with the Head of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad Al-Sayeh at the HNEC office in Tripoli.
Vyčítal praised HNEC’S level of readiness, and the level of work that has been completed in the electoral process.
The commission stated that the meeting comes within the framework of the international community’s support for the democratic process in Libya, and to determine the level of readiness of the commission to implement the upcoming electoral processes.
The meeting touched on the technical support and expertise that can be provided by the European Union mission through the “People” project. This is supervised by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Notably, Libya’s Economy Minister, Mohamed Al-Hwaij met with the Czech Ambassador to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation.
They reviewed commercial relations, and the obstacles facing the resumption of the work of Czech companies in Libya. During the meeting, Al-Hwaij urged Vyčítal to encourage Czech companies to invest in Libya’s energy, gas, and healthcare sectors.
Al-Hwaij affirmed his ministry’s keenness to provide the necessary facilities to companies, and to provide them with a suitable work environment for the implementation of investment projects.
He also stressed the need to enhance the role of the chambers of commerce, by establishing joint projects between the private sectors of the two countries. The two sides agreed to hold a joint meeting between Libyan businessmen, to discuss possible opportunities.
In turn, Ambassador Vyčítal expressed the desire of Czech companies to return to Libya, and extended an official invitation to Al-Hwaij to visit Czechia soon.