Libya’s Prime Minister-designate, Osama Hammad, led a high-level delegation to Minsk on Wednesday, resulting in a series of strategic agreements with the Belarusian government.
The deals were signed in a ceremony attended by Hammad, Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin, and cabinet ministers from both nations, marking a significant diplomatic expansion for Libya.
These agreements, shared by Libya’s temporary government on social media, cover a wide range of sectors critical to the country’s post-conflict recovery.
They address cooperation in health, internal security, agriculture, industry, technical education, and emergency services. According to officials, the new deals build on a memorandum of understanding signed in Benghazi in March.
Earlier in the day, Osama Hammad met with Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktar Karankevich. The meeting included Sergei Beniraghi, the head of Belarus’s national oil and gas investment agency, and senior representatives from both countries. Discussions focused on enhancing port infrastructure maintenance, with special attention to Libya’s port of Tobruk, and exploring the feasibility of constructing a new oil refinery to strengthen Libya’s petroleum sector and economy.
In the industrial and technical education sectors, discussions were held with Belarusian institutions to engage in capacity building, workforce training, and knowledge transfer. Officials expressed mutual interest in establishing vocational training programs to enhance local technical skills, particularly in maintenance, engineering, and information technology.
In healthcare, the agreements include technical support and exchanges to improve Libya’s public health systems, with a potential focus on emergency response capabilities. Additional cooperation agreements in agriculture aim to modernize farming practices, improve food security, and reinforce supply chains.
