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.
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UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the meeting of the Libyan military commanders in the East and West in Tripoli on 18 and 19 July.
Chief of General Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Lieutenant-General Abdul Razzaq Al-Nadori, arrived Monday in Tripoli to hold a meeting within the framework of completing consultations on the unification of the military institution.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has appealed for calm as street demonstrations spread across Libya in protest over power cuts and the failure to hold national elections.
Fury at Libya’s feuding leaders boiled over on Friday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west.
U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland was in Tripoli June 28-29 for meetings with a focus on “U.S. support for moving beyond the transitional phase in Libya to an elected, unified government,” according to US Embassy in Libya.
Government sources said Imad Trabelsi, commander of the Public Security Service in Tripoli, and Ghaniwa al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Force, received an amount of 30 million dinars (about $7 million) from the Central Bank of Libya on Tuesday at the direction of outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
Libya’s outgoing prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and his Interior Minister Khaled Mazen met at the former’s office on Wednesday to discuss the security situation in Tripoli.
Stephanie Williams, U.N. Advisor on Libya, and Mohamed Menfi, Chairman of Presidential Council, spoke on the phone yesterday to discuss outbreak of violence that took place in Tripoli on Friday night.
“Protection of innocent and defenseless citizens can only be achieved through security arrangements under the supervision of the U.N. Mission to clear the capital of all types of heavy and medium weapons,” said Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha on Saturday.