France's President Emmanuel Macron wants to meet Libya's renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar to push for a ceasefire and resume peace talks. Macron last week called for a truce in the month-long battle for Libya's capital Tripoli after meeting UN-recognised Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. A day after meeting Macron, the internationally recognised government asked 40 foreign firms, including French oil major Total, to renew their licences or have their operations suspended. "It's for this reason that the president wanted to meet one and the other to support the UN initiative." The GNA has previously rejected any ceasefire unless Haftar pulls his troops back to the areas they held before the April 4, in the south and east of the country.

Source: Libya Today May 14, 2019 20:15 UTC