The Chief of Staff of forces loyal to the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Haddad, will travel to Benghazi on Wednesday, July 27, to meet his counterpart of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Abdelrazek Nadori, according to Italian news agency Nova.
Citing unnamed Libyan sources, Nova reported the two senior military officers will hold an extended meeting in the presence of the members of the 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee from the east and west of the country.
According to LNA’s media office, Nadori and the army officers representing LNA in the committee convened a meeting today, July 25, to discuss preparations for the upcoming visit by Hadda and his delegation.
The meeting in Benghazi will be the fourth meeting of the military committee. It comes just a week after both sides met in Tripoli to carry forward the efforts of military unification.