| Responding to calls by breakaway factions to unfreeze Libya's assets, Mr AbdulMagid Breish, chairman and CEO of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), says:“While important negotiations on a National Unity Government continue, it is imperative that the Libyan Investment Authority's assets remain frozen to safeguard them against the continued threat of misappropriation and corruption".
"Rogue parallel institutions outside the country have been appealing to the international community to loosen the sanction regime on the LIA's assets in order to gain access to these funds.It would be dangerous, and deeply counter-productive, to let the prospect of peace provide an excuse for unfreezing any of the LIA's assets," says Breish...............................................Full Article: Source
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