Chief of General Staff in the Libyan Western Region, Lieutenant-General Mohamed al-Haddad, and Chief of General Staff in the Eastern Region, Lieutenant-General Abdel Razek al-Nadori, said that the two-day meetings in Tripoli came with approval of the country’s political authorities.
General al-Haddad said, during the closing statement of the meetings of the military leaders in Tripoli: “We took permission from the President of the Presidential Council, the Minister of Defense, and our colleagues took permission from their leaders in the Eastern Region,” which was supported by General Al-Nadori by saying: “We did not come on our own. Brother al-Haddad came with permission from The Presidential Council, and I came with permission from the Prime Minister, we did not meet on our own, our meeting was based on the political and military leaders.”
This comes after the Spokesman for the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed Hammouda, on Monday denied any relationship for the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, in coordinating and organizing the military meetings in Tripoli.