Libya's internationally recognized prime minister, Serraj al-Fayez, and the...
TUNIS - Libya’s internationally recognized prime minister, Serraj al-Fayez, and the military commander of its eastern half, Khalifa Haftar, have met and agreed that national elections are necessary, the United Nations said on Thursday.
The two men agreed “on the need to end the transitional stages in Libya through holding general elections,” the U.N. Libya mission said in a Tweet.The two last met in Palermo, Sicily, at a Libya conference hosted by Italy. The U.N. gave no further details about the Abu Dhabi meeting. After similar encounters it has engineered it often releases pictures showing hand-shakes between the participants. It made no such picture available on Thursday.
Haftar’s Libyan National Army began its offensive in southern Libya last month, capturing the main city in the region and two oil fields, El Sharara and El Feel.
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