The United States wants to reopen an embassy in Libya, nearly a decade after suspending operations there.
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The Executive Director of the Libya Reconstruction Fund, Belkasem Haftar, discussed joint cooperation and support of the ongoing reconstruction efforts with US Chargé d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt.
The Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Libya, Jeremy Berndt, held talks with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddek Elkaber, on Friday.
The United States is “alarmed” by the latest wave of violence between militias in western Libya, and urges steps toward military reunification, said Robert Wood, U.S. Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs.
Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, met in Benghazi today with U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department, Joshua Harris and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt.
The General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, held talks in Benghazi today with U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department, Joshua Harris and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt.
The U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt, held talks on Monday with UAE Ambassador Mohammed Al-Shamsi, said the U.S. Embassy in Libya on Tuesday.
Libya’s Minister of Economy and Trade, Muhammad Al-Huwayj, and U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, met in Tunis on Saturday for discussion on “potential political and economic reforms,” according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
The U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Chargé d’Affaires, Jeremy Berndt, held talks on Sunday with Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddiq ElKabeer, in which they discussed “the importance of the CBL’s technocratic integrity and independence in managing #Libya’s financial resources, including for the critical issue of flood reconstruction,” according to a statement by the American embassy.
A quarter of a million people affected by floods in Libya are in need of assistance while over $70 million is required to support them through December, said the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).