The UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, urging “both sides of the fighting” to lay down weapons and go back to the dialogue and political process.
Libya’s internationally recognised government denounced its foe Khalifa Haftar as an “aspiring military dictator” on Friday and urged US President Donald Trump to stop foreign support for his month-long offensive on the capital Tripoli, Reuters reported.
Libyan militia leader Khalifa Haftar visited Cairo on Thursday, the second time he has been in the Egyptian capital since launching an offensive on Tripoli.
Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has suspended the operations of 40 foreign companies, including France’s Total multinational oil concern.
Chairman of Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj and his delegation held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London on Thursday over the current aggression on Libyan capital of Tripoli.
Chairman of the Presidential Council (PC), Fayez Al-Sarraj, said Wednesday that the countries supporting Haftar have been common knowledge for years and there is no need for elucidation.
Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory