The U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily held talks on Saturday with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), at the latter’s office in Benghazi.
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Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs of the Dbeibeh’s outgoing government, Walid al-Lafi, who is accused of supporting extremist groups in Libya through media, headed a delegation participating in a conference against Islamophobia held in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October.
Components of the Libyan Cyrenaica region, represented by political, civil and social parties and forces, members of the Parliament and members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly have demanded the Parliament Presidency and members, the General Command of the Libyan National Army and all national Forces of declaring federal government in the regions of Cyrenaica and Fezzan according to the unamended 1951 constitution.
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), held talks today with the U.K. Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, in Benghazi, according to LNA’s media office.
The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is preparing for launch a second edition of the ‘Libya Stabilization Conference’, announced Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Friday.
The Security Council will convene Monday, October 24, for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), according to a statement by the council.
The Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aqila Saleh and the Head of the High Council of State Khalid al-Mishri have agreed on changing heads of sovereign positions and unifying the government before the end of next January, as came in a press conference the two officials held Friday in Rabat, Morocco.
Members of the Libyan Parliament held talks on Thursday in Benghazi with the British ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, according to the Parliament Spokesman, Abdulla Bleihiq.
Representatives of western powers as well as Egypt and Turkey will convene a “technical” meeting to discuss the Libyan crisis from October 26th until 28th, Italian news agency Nova reports.
Caroline Hurndall, the U.K. Ambassador in Libya, arrived today in Benghazi where she is scheduled to hold meetings with social and political leaders in the city. The first of her meetings was with Mayor of Benghazi Saqr Imran Bhojwari.