Stephen Townsend, the commander of U.S. AFRICOM, arrived in Tripoli today, where he met with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and U.S. Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland.
According to the American embassy, the three discussed “developments in Libya’s security sector and how elections planned for Dec. 24 will be an important step towards Libya’s long-term stability under an elected national government and regional stability without foreign interference.”
1/2 AFRICOM Commander Gen. Townsend met today with interim GNU PM and Defense Minister Dabaiba in #Tripoli to discuss developments in #Libya’s security sector and how elections planned for Dec. 24 will be an important step towards Libya’s long-term stability pic.twitter.com/n2FNScpG0O
— U.S. Embassy – Libya (@USEmbassyLibya) September 28, 2021