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and this , through inter alia a letter dated 14 July 2014 addressed to Mr
Salim Maoloud Alfighi , Deputy Director of Judicial Affairs in the Libyan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with copies to
the Applicant, and to the Libyan Embassy in Ethiopia.11
32 .
By letter dated 18 March 2015,12 addressed to the Applicant and
copied to the Respondent, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Libya, and to the Embassies of Libya in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Registry confirmed that the Respondent had
responded neither to the Application on the merits nor to the Interlocutory
Application ; and that the Court, at its 36th Ordinary Session held from 9
to 27 March 2015, had instructed it to draw the Appl icant's attention to
the relevant provisions of Rule 55 of the Rules with a view to initiating a
procedure in default within thirty (30) days of receipt.
33. By letter dated 16 April 2015 , the Applicant info rmed the Cou rt of
its intention to initiate proceedings , pursuant to Rule 55 of the Rules ,
and that an Application to that effect would be f iled within thi rty (30)
days.
34. By letter dated 15 May 2015, the Applicant filed at the Court an
Application for judgment in default.
35. By letter dated 3 July 2015, and pursuant to Rule 35 (3) of the
Rules , the Registry notified the Respondent of the filing of the
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FEDEX/Arusha indicated that the letter could not be delivered to its addressee because of the
events at Tripoli International Airport on that date. The Registry therefore redirected the letter to the
Libyan Embassy in Ethiopia where it was duly receipted on 18 August 2014 at 14.00 hours
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