Libya’s outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh arrived today in the Senegalese capital Dakar, where he met with the country’s head of state and current president of the African Union, Macky Sall.
“We have discussed ways to organize elections in Libya,” explained Dbeibeh in a statement to the press. “We also talked about the activation of the second session of the Libyan-Senegalese joint committee,” he added.
“Senegal is an important country and has historical ties with Libya,” said the 63-year-old Libyan premier, explaining that President Sall “told us that he will support our efforts to hold elections”.
It is worth mentioning that U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently announced the appointment of Senegalese Abdoulaye Bathily as his Special Representative for Libya and as head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), succeeding the Slovak. Jan Kubis, who resigned in November 2021.